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Complete elimination is a difficult goal for trachoma programs in severely affected communities.

Gill DA, Lakew T, Alemayehu W, Melese M, Zhou Z, House JI, Hong KC, Ray KJ, Gandhi N, Whitcher JP, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM

F. I. Proctor Foundation, San Francisco, USA.

The World Health Organization has distributed millions of doses of azithromycin to control the ocular chlamydial infection that causes trachoma. Theoretically, a loftier goal of elimination is feasible. Here, we demonstrate that, although local elimination of infection in the most severely affected communities is difficult, it is possible with biannual antibiotic distributions.

Published 21 January 2008 in Clin Infect Dis, 46(4): 564-6.
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