Mass treatment with azithromycin for trachoma: when is one round enough? Results from the PRET Trial in the Gambia.

• Main Authors: Emma M Harding-Esch (Author), Ansumana Sillah (Author), Tansy Edwards (Author), Sarah E Burr (Author), John D Hart (Author), Hassan Joof (Author), Mass Laye (Author), Pateh Makalo (Author), Ahmed Manjang (Author), Sandra Molina (Author), Isatou Sarr-Sissoho (Author), Thomas C Quinn (Author), Tom Lietman (Author), Martin J Holland (Author), David Mabey (Author), Sheila K West (Author), Robin Bailey (Author), Partnership for Rapid Elimination of Trachoma (PRET) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The World Health Organization has recommended three rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) with antibiotics in districts where the prevalence of follicular trachoma (TF) is ≥10% in children aged 1-9 years, with treatment coverage of at least 80%. For districts at 5-10% TF prevalence it was recomme...