Does mass azithromycin distribution impact child growth and nutrition in Niger? A cluster-randomized trial.

• Main Authors: Abdou Amza (Author), Sun N Yu (Author), Boubacar Kadri (Author), Baido Nassirou (Author), Nicole E Stoller (Author), Zhaoxia Zhou (Author), Sheila K West (Author), Robin L Bailey (Author), Bruce D Gaynor (Author), Jeremy D Keenan (Author), Travis C Porco (Author), Thomas M Lietman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotic use on animals demonstrates improved growth regardless of whether or not there is clinical evidence of infectious disease. Antibiotics used for trachoma control may play an unintended benefit of improving child growth.In this sub-study of a larger randomized controlled trial, we assess an...