- Platts-Mills, James A;
- Ayoub, Elias;
- Zhang, Jixian;
- McQuade, Elizabeth T Rogawski;
- Arzika, Ahmed Mamane;
- Maliki, Ramatou;
- Abdou, Amza;
- Keenan, Jeremy D;
- Lietman, Thomas M;
- Liu, Jie;
- Houpt, Eric R
We analyzed samples obtained at baseline and 24 months in a mass azithromycin administration trial in Niger using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. In villages randomized to azithromycin, Shigella was the only pathogen reduced at 24 months (prevalence ratio, 0.36 [95% confidence interval: .17-.79]; difference in log quantity, -.42 [-.75 to -.10]).