The economic burden of Kala-azar in households of the Danusha and Mahottari districts of Nepal

Acta Tropica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-2

  Adhikari, Shiva Raj ^a   Maskay, Nephi Matangi ^a,b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b Central Office   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Kala azar; Leishmania donovani; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; LEISHMANIASIS;

COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; NEPAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WORK CAPACITY;

DANUSHA DISTRICT; MAHOTTARI DISTRICT; NEPAL;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 0042466387     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00156-6     Document Type: Letter

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