Back to Search Start Over

Reduction of Coronavirus Burden With Mass Azithromycin Distribution

Authors :
Catherine E. Oldenburg
Thomas M. Lietman
Ahmed M. Arzika
Lee Worden
Lina Zhong
Jeremy D. Keenan
Armin Hinterwirth
Thuy Doan
Cindi Chen
Source :
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol 71, iss 16, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020.

Abstract

We evaluated the potential antiviral effects of azithromycin on the nasopharyngeal virome of Nigerien children who had received multiple rounds of mass drug administration. We found that the respiratory burden of non–severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses was decreased with azithromycin distributions. Clinical Trials Registration. NCT02047981.

Details

ISSN :
15376591 and 10584838
Volume :
71
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....412b46fd6de85057616a68aa499cb06b
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa606