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Two Doses of Azithromycin to Eliminate Trachoma in a Tanzanian Community
24 Apr 2008
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Source: New England Journal of Medicine
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Citation: Solomon AW, Harding-Esch E, Alexander ND, Aguirre A, Holland MJ, Bailey RL, Foster A, Mabey DC, Massae PA, Courtright P, Shao JF (2008). Two Doses of Azithromycin to Eliminate Trachoma in a Tanzanian Community. N Engl J Med. 2008; 358(17):1777-1779.
In a study, reported as Correspondence in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers used two doses of the standard antibiotic azithromycin, spaced two years apart, to eliminate trachoma in the community of Kahe Mpya, Tanzania. Their success suggests an alternative to the World Health Organization’s current recommendations of annual doses of the antibiotic azithromycin over three years in at-risk communities.
No abstract is available of the NEJM paper. However, a report of the study is available from SciDev.Net.
2008 Massachusetts Medical Society
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