Optimal Seasonal Timing of Oral Azithromycin for Malaria

Mass administration of azithromycin for trachoma has been shown to reduce malarial parasitemia. However, the optimal seasonal timing of such distributions for antimalarial benefit has not been established. We performed numerical analyses on a seasonally forced epidemic model (of Ross-Macdonald type)...

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Main Authors: Gao, Daozhou, Amza, Abdou, Nassirou, Baidou, Kadri, Boubacar, Sippl-Swezey, Nicholas, Liu, Fengchen, Ackley, Sarah F., Lietman, Thomas M., Porco, Travis C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4228890/