Prevalence of trachoma in the Kayes region of Mali eight years after stopping mass drug administration

Prevalence of trachoma in the Kayes region of Mali eight years after stopping mass drug administration

In 2009, three years after stopping mass treatment with azithromycin, a trachoma impact survey in four health districts in the Kayes region of Mali found a prevalence of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) among children aged 1 to 9 years of >5% and a trachomatous trichiasis (TT) prevalence...

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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018-02, Vol.12 (2), p.e0006289-e0006289
Hauptverfasser: Traoré, Lamine, Dembele, Benoit, Keita, Modibo, Reid, Steven D, Dembéle, Mahamadou, Mariko, Bréhima, Coulibaly, Famolo, Goldman, Whitney, Traoré, Dramane, Coulibaly, Daouda, Guindo, Boubacar, Amon, Joseph J, Knieriemen, Marily, Zhang, Yaobi
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antibiotics
Azithromycin
Biology and Life Sciences
Causes of
Children
Chlamydia
Chlamydia trachomatis
Confidence intervals
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Evaluation
Households
International
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methods
People and Places
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Random sampling
Statistical sampling
Surgery
Surveying
Surveys
Systematic review
Trachoma
Tropical diseases
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Zusammenfassung:In 2009, three years after stopping mass treatment with azithromycin, a trachoma impact survey in four health districts in the Kayes region of Mali found a prevalence of trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) among children aged 1 to 9 years of >5% and a trachomatous trichiasis (TT) prevalence within the general population (≥1-year-old) of
ISSN:1935-2735
1935-2727
1935-2735
DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006289