Pneumonia Program Strategy Team, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
Maternal Neonatal, Child Health Discovery and Tools Program Strategy Team, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
PLoS Med. 2018 Jun 26;15(6):e1002594. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002594. eCollection 2018 Jun.
In a Perspective, Keith P. Klugman and Rasa Izadnegahdar from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation discuss the potentials and risks of antibiotic prophylaxis interventions for infectious disease outbreaks in rural regions, such as sub-Saharan Africa with very high mortality rates, when primary prophylactic vaccination programs are not yet available.
在一篇观点文章中,比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会的 Keith P. Klugman 和 Rasa Izadnegahdar 探讨了在撒哈拉以南非洲等地区,当初级预防性疫苗接种计划尚未实施时,抗生素预防干预措施在传染病暴发方面的潜力和风险。这些地区的死亡率非常高。