Linear growth in preschool children treated with mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma: A cluster-randomized trial.

<h4>Background</h4>Mass azithromycin distributions have been shown to reduce mortality among pre-school children in sub-Saharan Africa. It is unclear what mediates this mortality reduction, but one possibility is that antibiotics function as growth promoters for young children.<h4>...

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Published in:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors:	Jeremy D Keenan, Sintayehu Gebresillasie, Nicole E Stoller, Berhan A Haile, Zerihun Tadesse, Sun Y Cotter, Kathryn J Ray, Kristen Aiemjoy, Travis C Porco, E Kelly Callahan, Paul M Emerson, Thomas M Lietman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-06-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007442