Costs of early detection systems for epidemic malaria in highland areas of Kenya and Uganda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mueller, Dirk H ^a   Abeku, Tarekegn A ^a   Okia, Michael ^b,c   Cox, Jonathan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; KENYA; MALARIA; UGANDA; COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 60549115982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-17     Document Type: Article

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