Disappearance of Trachoma from Western Nepal | Zendy

Hem Chandra Jha | Zendy; J.S.P. Chaudary | Zendy; Ramesh Bhatta | Zendy; Yinghui Miao | Zendy; Susan OsakiHolm | Zendy; Bruce D. Gaynor | Zendy; Michael E. Zegans | Zendy; Mariko Bird | Zendy; Elizabeth Yi | Zendy; Karen A. Holbrook | Zendy; John P. Whitcher | Zendy; Thomas M. Lietman | Zendy

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Disappearance of Trachoma from Western Nepal

Author(s) -

Hem Chandra Jha,

J.S.P. Chaudary,

Ramesh Bhatta,

Yinghui Miao,

Susan OsakiHolm,

Bruce D. Gaynor,

Michael E. Zegans,

Mariko Bird,

Elizabeth Yi,

Karen A. Holbrook,

John P. Whitcher,

Thomas M. Lietman

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/342298

Subject(s) - trachoma , medicine , secular variation , antibiotics , demography , optometry , pathology , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

We assessed how much of the observed decline in the prevalence of trachoma in a district of Western Nepal was due to an antibiotic treatment program and how much to an underlying secular trend outside of the program. Although antibiotic treatments clearly have an effect at 6 months, we were unable to show that this effect persisted at 12 months; in fact, long-term gains may be due to a secular trend in the area.

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