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Azithromycin to prevent post-discharge morbidity and mortality in Kenyan children: a protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (the Toto Bora trial)

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  • Patricia B Pavlinac Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Benson O Singa Centre for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Grace C John-Stewart Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Barbra A Richardson Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rebecca L Brander Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Christine J McGrath Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kirkby D Tickell Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mary Amondi Centre for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Doreen Rwigi Centre for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joseph B Babigumira Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sam Kariuki Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ruth Nduati Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Judd L Walson Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network, Nairobi, Kenya Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Department of Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Patricia B Pavlinac; ppav{at}uw.edu
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Pavlinac PB, Singa BO, John-Stewart GC, et al
Azithromycin to prevent post-discharge morbidity and mortality in Kenyan children: a protocol for a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (the Toto Bora trial)
BMJ Open 2017;7:e019170. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019170

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  • Received August 17, 2017
  • Revised November 8, 2017
  • Accepted November 17, 2017
  • First published December 29, 2017.
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December 29, 2017
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