About the Authors
- Sheila K. West
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* E-mail: shwest@jhmi.edu
Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Robin Bailey
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Beatriz Munoz
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Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Tansy Edwards
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Harran Mkocha
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Affiliation Kongwa Trachoma Project, Kongwa, Tanzania
- Charlotte Gaydos
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Affiliation International Chlamydia Laboratory, Department of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Thomas Lietman
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Affiliation Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Travis Porco
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Affiliation Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- David Mabey
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Thomas C. Quinn
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Affiliation Division of Intramural Research, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and have no conflicts. Azithromycin was donated to the Government of Tanzania through the Trachoma donation program at Pfizer International and managed by International Trachoma Initiative. Pfizer and ITI had no role in the design, conduct, data collection, management, interpretation of the data, or decision to submit the paper for publication.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SKW RB BM HM TL TP DM TCQ. Performed the experiments: SKW RB HM TL TCQ. Analyzed the data: SKW BM TE CG TP TCQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKW CG TL TCQ. Wrote the paper: SKW RB BM TE HM CG TL TP DM TCQ.