Community risk factors for ocular Chlamydia infection in Niger: pre-treatment results from a cluster-randomized trachoma trial.

• Main Authors: Abdou Amza (Author), Boubacar Kadri (Author), Baido Nassirou (Author), Nicole E Stoller (Author), Sun N Yu (Author), Zhaoxia Zhou (Author), Stephanie Chin (Author), Sheila K West (Author), Robin L Bailey (Author), David C W Mabey (Author), Jeremy D Keenan (Author), Travis C Porco (Author), Thomas M Lietman (Author), Bruce D Gaynor (Author), PRET Partnership (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Trachoma control programs utilize mass azithromycin distributions to treat ocular Chlamydia trachomatis as part of an effort to eliminate this disease world-wide. But it remains unclear what the community-level risk factors are for infection.This cluster-randomized, controlled trial entered 48 rando...