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.
Jha
Hem
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Geta Eye Hospital, Geta, Nepal.
Chaudary
J S P
JS
Bhatta
Ramesh
R
Miao
Yinghui
Y
Osaki-Holm
Susan
S
Gaynor
Bruce
B
Zegans
Michael
M
Bird
Mariko
M
Yi
Elizabeth
E
Holbrook
Karen
K
Whitcher
John P
JP
Lietman
Thomas
T
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