Reduction and return of infectious trachoma in severely affected communities in Ethiopia.

• Main Authors: Takele Lakew (Author), Jenafir House (Author), Kevin C Hong (Author), Elizabeth Yi (Author), Wondu Alemayehu (Author), Muluken Melese (Author), Zhaoxia Zhou (Author), Kathryn Ray (Author), Stephanie Chin (Author), Emmanuel Romero (Author), Jeremy Keenan (Author), John P Whitcher (Author), Bruce D Gaynor (Author), Thomas M Lietman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotics are a major tool in the WHO's trachoma control program. Even a single mass distribution reduces the prevalence of the ocular chlamydia that causes trachoma. Unfortunately, infection returns after a single treatment, at least in severely affected areas. Here, we test whether addition...