Disappearance of trachoma from Western Nepal.
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.
Geta Eye Hospital, Geta, Nepal.
Hem
H
Jha
J S P
JS
Chaudary
Ramesh
R
Bhatta
Yinghui
Y
Miao
Susan
S
Osaki-Holm
Bruce
B
Gaynor
Michael
M
Zegans
Mariko
M
Bird
Elizabeth
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Yi
Karen
K
Holbrook
John P
JP
Whitcher
Thomas
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Lietman
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D010684:Philosophy; D012621:Seasons; D014141:Trachoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents