Linear growth in preschool children treated with mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma: A cluster-randomized trial.

• Main Authors: Jeremy D Keenan (Author), Sintayehu Gebresillasie (Author), Nicole E Stoller (Author), Berhan A Haile (Author), Zerihun Tadesse (Author), Sun Y Cotter (Author), Kathryn J Ray (Author), Kristen Aiemjoy (Author), Travis C Porco (Author), E Kelly Callahan (Author), Paul M Emerson (Author), Thomas M Lietman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Mass azithromycin distributions have been shown to reduce mortality among pre-school children in sub-Saharan Africa. It is unclear what mediates this mortality reduction, but one possibility is that antibiotics function as growth promoters for young children.<h4>...