Ocular immune responses, Chlamydia trachomatis infection and clinical signs of trachoma before and after azithromycin mass drug administration in a treatment naïve trachoma-endemic Tanzanian community.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Athumani M Ramadhani (लेखक), Tamsyn Derrick (लेखक), David Macleod (लेखक), Patrick Massae (लेखक), Aiweda Malisa (लेखक), Kelvin Mbuya (लेखक), Tara Mtuy (लेखक), William Makupa (लेखक), Chrissy H Roberts (लेखक), Robin L Bailey (लेखक), David C W Mabey (लेखक), Martin J Holland (लेखक), Matthew J Burton (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Trachoma, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, remains the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Persistence and progression of the resulting clinical disease appears to be an immunologically mediated process. Azithromycin, which is distributed at the community...