The costs and coverage of a strategy to control schistosomiasis morbidity in non-enrolled school-age children in Egypt

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 449-454

  Talaat, Maha ^a   Evans, D B ^b  

^a THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Costs; Disease control; Egypt; Non enrolled school age children; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

NEMATODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0033846260     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90137-8     Document Type: Article

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