Community-based mass treatment with azithromycin for the elimination of yaws in Ghana-Results of a pilot study.

• Main Authors: Abdul Aziz Abdulai (Author), Patrick Agana-Nsiire (Author), Frank Biney (Author), Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean (Author), Sardick Kyei-Faried (Author), Kwame Amponsa-Achiano (Author), Shirley Victoria Simpson (Author), George Bonsu (Author), Sally-Ann Ohene (Author), William Kwabena Ampofo (Author), Yaw Adu-Sarkodie (Author), Kennedy Kwasi Addo (Author), Kai-Hua Chi (Author), Damien Danavall (Author), Cheng Y Chen (Author), Allan Pillay (Author), Sergi Sanz (Author), Ye Tun (Author), Oriol Mitjà (Author), Kingsley Bampoe Asiedu (Author), Ronald C Ballard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION:The WHO yaws eradication strategy consists of one round of total community treatment (TCT) of single-dose azithromycin with coverage of > 90%.The efficacy of the strategy to reduce the levels on infection has been demonstrated previously in isolated island communities in the Pacific...