Disappearance of trachoma from Western Nepal

被引：51

作者：

Jha, H

Chaudary, JSP

Bhatta, R

Miao, YH

Osaki-Holm, S

Gaynor, B

Zegans, M

Bird, M

Yi, E

Holbrook, K

Whitcher, JP

Lietman, T

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Francis I Proctor Fdn, Dept Ophthalmol, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA

[2] Geta Eye Hosp, Geta, Nepal

[3] Dept Publ Hlth, San Francisco, CA USA

[4] Dartmouth Coll Sch Med, Dept Surg, Sect Ophthalmol, Hanover, NH USA

来源：

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2002年 / 35卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1086/342298

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

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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页码：765 / 768

页数：4

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