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SUBMITTER: Keenan JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5407126 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Keenan Jeremy D JD Sahlu Ida I McGee Lesley L Cevallos Vicky V Vidal Jorge E JE Chochua Sopio S Hawkins Paulina P Gebre Teshome T Tadesse Zerihun Z Emerson Paul M PM Gaynor Bruce D BD Lietman Thomas M TM Klugman Keith P KP
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 20150130 2
Twenty-four Ethiopian communities were randomized to receive either (1) quarterly mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma for 1 year or (2) delayed treatment. Nasopharyngeal swabs collected from separate cross-sectional population-based samples of children were processed for Streptococcus pneumoniae Mass azithromycin did not significantly alter the pneumococcal serotype distribution, and hence it would not be expected to alter vaccine coverage. ...[more]