Acceptability of azithromycin for the control of trachoma in Northern Tanzania
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- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 99 (9) , 656-663
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.006
Abstract
Summary. Trachoma causes blindness; the prevention strategy includes mass antibiotic treatment. In a community in Northern Tanzania offered mass treatment withKeywords
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