The effect of multiple rounds of mass drug administration on the association between ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and follicular trachoma in preschool-aged children.

• Main Authors: Jennifer S Lee (Author), Beatriz E Muñoz (Author), Harran Mkocha (Author), Charlotte A Gaydos (Author), Thomas C Quinn (Author), Sheila K West (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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To examine the relationship between ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and follicular trachoma (TF) in children prior to and following multiple rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin.Thirty-two communities with endemic trachoma in Kongwa District, Tanzania, were offere...