Does Mass Azithromycin Distribution Impact Child Growth and Nutrition in Niger? A Cluster-Randomized Trial

Does Mass Azithromycin Distribution Impact Child Growth and Nutrition in Niger? A Cluster-Randomized Trial

Recent studies suggest that antibiotic use could have an effect on growth in humans. Azithromycin is an antibiotic used for trachoma control, and hence, may have an unintended benefit of improving child growth. Niger is a trachoma-endemic country where mass antibiotic distributions for trachoma take...

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Main Authors: Amza, Abdou, Yu, Sun N., Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Baido, Stoller, Nicole E., Zhou, Zhaoxia, West, Sheila K., Bailey, Robin L., Gaynor, Bruce D., Keenan, Jeremy D., Porco, Travis C., Lietman, Thomas M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161345/

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