Gaynor Bruce D, Miao Yinghui, Cevallos Vicky, Jha Hem, Chaudary J S P, Bhatta Ramesh, Osaki-Holm Susan, Yi Elizabeth, Schachter Julius, Whitcher John P, Lietman Thomas
WHO Collaborating Center, F.I. Proctor Foundation, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 May;9(5):596-8. doi: 10.3201/eid0905.020577.
The common wisdom is that a trachoma program cannot eliminate ocular chlamydia from a community, just reduce infection to a level where blindness would be minimal. We describe the success of multiple mass antibiotic treatments, demonstrating that complete elimination of infection may be an attainable goal in an area with modest disease.
普遍的观点认为，沙眼防治项目无法从社区中消除眼部衣原体感染，只能将感染率降低到致盲风险最小的水平。我们描述了多次大规模抗生素治疗的成功案例，证明在疾病程度较轻的地区，完全消除感染可能是一个可以实现的目标。
