Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease

Gaynor, Bruce D.; Miao, Yinghui; Cevallos, Vicky; Jha, Hem; Chaudary, JSP; Bhatta, Ramesh; Osaki-Holm, Susan; Yi, Elizabeth; Schachter, Julius; Whitcher, John P.; Lietman, Thomas

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Eliminating Trachoma in Areas with Limited Disease

Published Date:

May 2003

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Emerg Infect Dis. 9(5):596-598.

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Gaynor, Bruce D. ; Miao, Yinghui ; Cevallos, Vicky ; Jha, Hem ; Chaudary, JSP ; ... More ▼

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The common wisdom is that a trachoma program cannot eliminate ocular chlamydia from a community, just reduce infection to a level where blindness would be minimal. We describe the success of multiple mass antibiotic treatments, demonstrating that complete elimination of infection may be an attainable goal in an area with modest disease.

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