Economic effects of echinococcosis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-118

  Torgerson, P R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cystic echinococcosis; Economic effects; Monte Carlo analysis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEALTH CARE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL PRODUCT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL STRATEGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; TREATMENT FAILURE; USSR;

ANIMALS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; JORDAN; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037325652     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00228-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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