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http://hdl.handle.net/2445/69168| Title: | Trachoma and Yaws: Common Ground? |
| Author: | Solomon, Anthony W. Marks, Michael Martin, Diana L. Mikhailov, Alexei Flueckiger, Rebecca M. Mitjà Villar, Oriol Asiedu, Kingsley Jannin, Jean Engels, Dirk Mabey, David C. W. |
| Keywords: | Tracoma Malalties infeccioses Antibiòtics Epidemiologia Salut pública Trachoma Communicable diseases Antibiotics Epidemiology Public health |
| Issue Date: | 3-Dec-2015 |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| Abstract: | Trachoma is an important cause of blindness. The causative organism is an intracellular bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which is susceptible to single-dose azithromycin. A World Health Organization (WHO)-led program aims to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem globally by 2020. Yaws is a cause of skin, bone, and cartilage disease. The causative organism is a spirochaete bacterium, Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue, which is susceptible to single-dose azithromycin. A WHO-led program aims to eradicate yaws globally by 2020. |
| Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004071 |
| It is part of: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015, vol. 9, num. 12, p. e0004071 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/69168 |
| Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004071 |
| ISSN: | 1935-2727 |
| Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal) |
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