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Volume 20, Number 6—June 2014
Research

Short-Term Malaria Reduction by Single-Dose Azithromycin during Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma, Tanzania

Stephen E. Schachterle1, George Mtove, Joshua P. Levens, Emily Clemens, Lirong Shi, Amrita Raj, J. Stephen Dumler, Beatriz Munoz, Shelia West, and David J. SullivanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (S.E. Schachterle, L. Shi, A. Raj, D.J. Sullivan); National Institute for Medical Research, Ubwari, Tanzania (G. Mtove); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (J.P. Levens, E. Clemens, J.S. Dumler, B. Munoz, S. West)

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Table 1

Comparison between azithromycin MDA treatment and control participants at baseline, Tanzania, January 12–July 21, 2009*

Variable MDA treatment group MDA control group
Bednet ownership, yes/no† 457/725 (63) 328/789 (42)
History of fever, yes/no† 26/813 (3) 10/869 (1)
Malaria medication, yes/no 157/814 (19) 161/869 (19)
Latrine access, yes/no 297/981 (30) 276/971 (28)
Education of head of household, yes/no 4.2 (3.41) 3.2 (3.46)
Altitude, m 1,206 (32.89) 1,200 (45.99)

*Values are no. positive/no. tested (%) for categorical measures or mean (SD) for continuous measures. MDA, mass drug administration.
†p<0.05 by χ2 test.

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1Current affiliation: Pfizer, Inc., New York, New York, USA.

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