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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis
. 2020 May 19;ciaa606.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa606. Online ahead of print.
Reduction of Coronavirus Burden With Mass Azithromycin Distribution
Thuy Doan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Armin Hinterwirth[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ahmed M Arzika[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Lee Worden[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cindi Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lina Zhong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Catherine E Oldenburg[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jeremy D Keenan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Thomas M Lietman[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], MORDOR Study Group
Affiliations
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-SARS coronaviruses was decreased with azithromycin distributions.
. 2020 May 19;ciaa606.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa606. Online ahead of print.
Reduction of Coronavirus Burden With Mass Azithromycin Distribution
Thuy Doan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Armin Hinterwirth[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Ahmed M Arzika[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Lee Worden[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cindi Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lina Zhong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Catherine E Oldenburg[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Jeremy D Keenan[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Thomas M Lietman[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], MORDOR Study Group
Affiliations
- PMID: 32426812
- DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa606
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-SARS coronaviruses was decreased with azithromycin distributions.