A comparative analysis of the cost-effectiveness of treatment based on parasitological and symptomatic screening for Schistosoma mansoni in Burundi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 192-202

  Carabin, Hélène ^a   Guyatt, Helen ^a   Engels, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Praziquantel; Primary health care centres; Schistosoma mansoni; Screening; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; PARASITE CONTROL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BURUNDI; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BURUNDI;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034036873     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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