One round of azithromycin MDA adequate to interrupt transmission in districts with prevalence of trachomatous inflammation—follicular of 5.0-9.9%: Evidence from Malawi

Khumbo Kalua; Alvin Chisambi; David Chinyanya; Michael Masika; Ana Bakhtiari; Rebecca Willis; Paul M. Emerson; Anthony W. Solomon; Robin L. Bailey

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006543

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One round of azithromycin MDA adequate to interrupt transmission in districts with prevalence of trachomatous inflammation—follicular of 5.0-9.9%: Evidence from Malawi

Khumbo Kalua ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: khumbokalua@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology, Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9284-9009

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Alvin Chisambi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology, Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
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David Chinyanya,

Roles Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology, Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
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Michael Masika,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Ana Bakhtiari,

Roles Data curation, Visualization

Affiliation International Trachoma Initiative, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Rebecca Willis,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation International Trachoma Initiative, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Paul M. Emerson,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International Trachoma Initiative, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Anthony W. Solomon,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Robin L. Bailey

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Clinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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One round of azithromycin MDA adequate to interrupt transmission in districts with prevalence of trachomatous inflammation—follicular of 5.0-9.9%: Evidence from Malawi

Khumbo Kalua,
Alvin Chisambi,
David Chinyanya,
Michael Masika,
Ana Bakhtiari,
Rebecca Willis,
Paul M. Emerson,
Anthony W. Solomon,
Robin L. Bailey

Published: June 13, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006543

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