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Volume 10, Number 11, November 2004

Trachoma Decline and Widespread Use of Antimicrobial Drugs

Jaya D. Chidambaram,* Mariko Bird,* Vivian Schiedler,* Alicia M. Fry,† Travis Porco,‡ Ramesh C. Bhatta,§ Hem Jha,§ J.S.P. Chaudary,§ Bruce Gaynor,* Elizabeth Yi,* John P. Whitcher,* Susie Osaki-Holm,* and Thomas M. Lietman*
*University of California, San Francisco, California, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ‡California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California, USA; and §Geta Eye Hospital, Geta, Nepal

 
 
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Figure 1. Antimicrobial drug use in Geta, Nepal. Antimicrobial drug sales in a 3-month period (mid-February to mid-May 2000) from all pharmacies in the Geta subdistrict, expressed as defined daily doses (DDDs) and as a percentage of the total DDDs sold (6). The shaded region represents antimicrobial drugs that are effective against Chlamydia trachomatis.

 

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