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High-throughput sequencing of pooled samples to determine community-level microbiome diversity by Ray, Kathryn J., Cotter, Sun Y., Arzika, Ahmed M., Kim, Jessica, Boubacar, Nameywa, Zhou, Zhaoxia, Zhong, Lina, Porco, Travis C., Keenan, Jeremy D., Lietman, Thomas M., Doan, Thuy

“…Community-level interventions in cluster randomized controlled trials may alter the gut microbiome of individuals. The current method of estimating community…”
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Mass azithromycin distribution for hyperendemic trachoma following a cluster-randomized trial: A continuation study of randomly reassigned subclusters (TANA II) by Keenan, Jeremy D, Tadesse, Zerihun, Gebresillasie, Sintayehu, Shiferaw, Ayalew, Zerihun, Mulat, Emerson, Paul M, Callahan, Kelly, Cotter, Sun Y, Stoller, Nicole E, Porco, Travis C, Oldenburg, Catherine E, Lietman, Thomas M

“…The World Health Organization recommends annual mass azithromycin administration in communities with at least 10% prevalence of trachomatous…”
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Biannual mass azithromycin distributions and malaria parasitemia in pre-school children in Niger: A cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled trial by Arzika, Ahmed M, Maliki, Ramatou, Boubacar, Nameywa, Kane, Salissou, Cotter, Sun Y, Lebas, Elodie, Cook, Catherine, Bailey, Robin L, West, Sheila K, Rosenthal, Philip J, Porco, Travis C, Lietman, Thomas M, Keenan, Jeremy D

“…Mass azithromycin distributions have been shown to reduce mortality in preschool children, although the factors mediating this mortality reduction are not…”
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Sensitivity and specificity of computer vision classification of eyelid photographs for programmatic trachoma assessment by Kim, Matthew C, Okada, Kazunori, Ryner, Alexander M, Amza, Abdou, Tadesse, Zerihun, Cotter, Sun Y, Gaynor, Bruce D, Keenan, Jeremy D, Lietman, Thomas M, Porco, Travis C

“…Trachoma programs base treatment decisions on the community prevalence of the clinical signs of trachoma, assessed by direct examination of the conjunctiva…”
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Safety of azithromycin in infants under six months of age in Niger: A community randomized trial by Oldenburg, Catherine E, Arzika, Ahmed M, Maliki, Ramatou, Kane, Mohamed Salissou, Lebas, Elodie, Ray, Kathryn J, Cook, Catherine, Cotter, Sun Y, Zhou, Zhaoxia, West, Sheila K, Bailey, Robin, Porco, Travis C, Keenan, Jeremy D, Lietman, Thomas M

“…Mass azithromycin distribution reduces under-5 child mortality. Trachoma control programs currently treat infants aged 6 months and older. Here, we report…”
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Linear growth in preschool children treated with mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma: A cluster-randomized trial by Keenan, Jeremy D, Gebresillasie, Sintayehu, Stoller, Nicole E, Haile, Berhan A, Tadesse, Zerihun, Cotter, Sun Y, Ray, Kathryn J, Aiemjoy, Kristen, Porco, Travis C, Callahan, E Kelly, Emerson, Paul M, Lietman, Thomas M

“…Mass azithromycin distributions have been shown to reduce mortality among pre-school children in sub-Saharan Africa. It is unclear what mediates this mortality…”
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Gut Microbial Diversity in Antibiotic-Naive Children After Systemic Antibiotic Exposure: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Doan, Thuy, Arzika, Ahmed M., Ray, Kathryn J., Cotter, Sun Y., Kim, Jessica, Maliki, Ramatou, Zhong, Lina, Zhou, Zhaoxia, Porco, Travis C., Vanderschelden, Benjamin, Keenan, Jeremy D., Lietman, Thomas M.

“…Background. Antibiotic exposure can alter the gut microbiome. We evaluate the effects of azithromycin on the gut microbiome diversity of children from an…”
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Targeted Mass Azithromycin Distribution for Trachoma: A Community-Randomized Trial (TANA II) by Mahmud, Hamidah, Haile, Berhan A, Tadesse, Zerihun, Gebresillasie, Sintayehu, Shiferaw, Ayalew, Zerihun, Mulat, Liu, Zijun, Callahan, E Kelly, Cotter, Sun Y, Varnado, Nicole E, Oldenburg, Catherine E, Porco, Travis C, Lietman, Thomas M, Keenan, Jeremy D

“…Abstract Background Current guidelines recommend annual community-wide mass administration of azithromycin for trachoma. Targeting treatments to those most…”
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Efficacy of Single-Dose Azithromycin for Ocular Chlamydial Infection: A Longitudinal Study by Pondicherry, Neha, Abdou, Amza, Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Beido, Cotter, Sun Y, Varnado, Nicole E, Porco, Travis C, West, Sheila K, Lietman, Thomas M, Keenan, Jeremy D

“…Millions of doses of azithromycin are distributed each year for trachoma, yet the treatment efficacy of a single dose of azithromycin for ocular Chlamydia…”
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A Cluster-Randomized Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Targeting Trachoma Treatment to Children by Amza, Abdou, Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Beido, Cotter, Sun Y., Stoller, Nicole E., Zhou, Zhaoxia, Bailey, Robin L., Mabey, David C., Porco, Travis C., Keenan, Jeremy D., Gaynor, Bruce D., West, Sheila K., Lietman, Thomas M.

“…Background. The World Health Organization recommends annual treatment of entire trachoma-endemic communities, although children typically have a higher load,…”
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The Effect of Antibiotic Selection Pressure on the Nasopharyngeal Macrolide Resistome: A Cluster-randomized Trial by Keenan, Jeremy D, Chin, Stephanie A, Amza, Abdou, Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Baido, Cevallos, Vicky, Cotter, Sun Y, Zhou, Zhaoxia, West, Sheila K, Bailey, Robin L, Porco, Travis C, Lietman, Thomas M

“…Communities randomized to annual mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma had a lower prevalence of genetic macrolide resistance determinants. Abstract…”
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Mass Oral Azithromycin for Childhood Mortality: Timing of Death After Distribution in the MORDOR Trial by Porco, Travis C, Hart, John, Arzika, Ahmed M, Weaver, Jerusha, Kalua, Khumbo, Mrango, Zakayo, Cotter, Sun Y, Stoller, Nicole E, O’Brien, Kieran S, Fry, Dionna M, Vanderschelden, Benjamin, Oldenburg, Catherine E, West, Sheila K, Bailey, Robin L, Keenan, Jeremy D, Lietman, Thomas M

“…Abstract In a large community-randomized trial, biannual azithromycin distributions significantly reduced postneonatal childhood mortality in sub-Saharan…”
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Mass Azithromycin Distribution to Prevent Childhood Mortality: A Pooled Analysis of Cluster-Randomized Trials by Oldenburg, Catherine E, Arzika, Ahmed M, Amza, Abdou, Gebre, Teshome, Kalua, Khumbo, Mrango, Zakayo, Cotter, Sun Y, West, Sheila K, Bailey, Robin L, Emerson, Paul M, O'Brien, Kieran S, Porco, Travis C, Keenan, Jeremy D, Lietman, Thomas M

“…Mass drug administration (MDA) with azithromycin may reduce under-5 child mortality (U5M) in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we conducted a pooled analysis of all…”
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Comparison of Smartphone Photography, Single-Lens Reflex Photography, and Field-Grading for Trachoma by Nesemann, John M, Seider, Michael I, Snyder, Blake M, Maamari, Robi N, Fletcher, Daniel A, Haile, Berhan A, Tadesse, Zerihun, Varnado, Nicole E, Cotter, Sun Y, Callahan, Elizabeth Kelly, Emerson, Paul M, Margolis, Todd P, Lietman, Thomas M, Keenan, Jeremy D

“…Conjunctival examination for trachomatous inflammation-follicular (TF) guides public health decisions for trachoma. Smartphone cameras may allow remote…”
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Childhood Mortality After Mass Distribution of Azithromycin: A Secondary Analysis of the PRET Cluster-randomized Trial in Niger by O’Brien, Kieran S, Cotter, Sun Y, Amza, Abdou, Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Beido, Stoller, Nicole E, Zhou, Zhaoxia, West, Sheila K, Bailey, Robin L, Keenan, Jeremy D, Porco, Travis C, Lietman, Thomas M

“…BACKGROUND:Mass distributions of azithromycin for trachoma have been associated with secondary benefits, including reductions in child mortality. METHODS:In…”
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Comparison of anthropometric indicators to predict mortality in a population-based prospective study of children under 5 years in Niger by O'Brien, Kieran S, Amza, Abdou, Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Beido, Cotter, Sun Y, Stoller, Nicole E, West, Sheila K, Bailey, Robin L, Porco, Travis C, Keenan, Jeremy D, Lietman, Thomas M, Oldenburg, Catherine E

“…In the present study, we aimed to compare anthropometric indicators as predictors of mortality in a community-based setting. We conducted a population-based…”
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Community Hand-Dug Wells for Trachoma: A Cluster-Randomized Trial by Aragie, Solomon, Gebresillasie, Sintayehu, Chernet, Ambahun, Shiferaw, Ayalew, Tadesse, Zerihun, Zerihun, Mulat, Varnado, Nicole E, Cotter, Sun Y, Wittberg, Dionna M, Zhou, Zhaoxia, Callahan, Elizabeth Kelly, Nash, Scott D, Aiemjoy, Kristen, Keenan, Jeremy D

“…The WHO recommends improving access to water as part of a comprehensive strategy for elimination of trachoma as a public health problem; however, this…”
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Person-centered maternity care and postnatal health: associations with maternal and newborn health outcomes by Sudhinaraset, May, Landrian, Amanda, Golub, Ginger M., Cotter, Sun Y., Afulani, Patience A.

“…Limited evidence exists on how women's experiences of care, specifically person-centered maternity care during childbirth, influence maternal and newborn…”
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Annual Versus Biannual Mass Azithromycin Distribution and Malaria Parasitemia During the Peak Transmission Season Among Children in Niger by Oldenburg, Catherine E, Amza, Abdou, Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Beido, Cotter, Sun Y, Stoller, Nicole E, West, Sheila K, Bailey, Robin L, Porco, Travis C, Keenan, Jeremy D, Lietman, Thomas M, Gaynor, Bruce D

“…BACKGROUND:Azithromycin has modest efficacy against malaria, and previous cluster randomized trials have suggested that mass azithromycin distribution for…”
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Comparison of Mass Azithromycin Coverage Targets of Children in Niger: A Cluster-Randomized Trachoma Trial by Oldenburg, Catherine E, Amza, Abdou, Kadri, Boubacar, Nassirou, Beido, Cotter, Sun Y, Stoller, Nicole E, West, Sheila K, Bailey, Robin L, Porco, Travis C, Gaynor, Bruce D, Keenan, Jeremy D, Lietman, Thomas M

“…Repeated oral azithromycin distribution targeted only to children has proven effective in reducing the ocular that causes trachoma. Here, we assess whether an…”
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