Costs of testing for ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection compared to mass drug administration for trachoma in the Gambia: application of results from the PRET study.

• Main Authors: Emma Harding-Esch (Author), Mireia Jofre-Bonet (Author), Jaskiran K Dhanjal (Author), Sarah Burr (Author), Tansy Edwards (Author), Martin Holland (Author), Ansumana Sillah (Author), Sheila West (Author), Tom Lietman (Author), Jeremy Keenan (Author), David Mabey (Author), Robin Bailey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Mass drug administration (MDA) treatment of active trachoma with antibiotic is recommended to be initiated in any district where the prevalence of trachoma inflammation, follicular (TF) is ≥ 10% in children aged 1-9 years, and then to continue for at least three annual rounds before resur...