Association between Ocular Bacterial Carriage and Follicular Trachoma Following Mass Azithromycin Distribution in The Gambia

Association between Ocular Bacterial Carriage and Follicular Trachoma Following Mass Azithromycin Distribution in The Gambia

Trachoma, the world's leading infectious cause of blindness, is caused by ocular infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. In low-prevalence settings and following mass treatment campaigns, clinically active follicular trachoma (TF) can be found in the absence of C. trachomatis infect...

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Main Authors: Burr, Sarah E., Hart, John D., Edwards, Tansy, Baldeh, Ignatius, Bojang, Ebrima, Harding-Esch, Emma M., Holland, Martin J., Lietman, Thomas M., West, Sheila K., Mabey, David C. W., Sillah, Ansumana, Bailey, Robin L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723595/

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