Cost comparison of rapid questionnaire screening for individuals at risk of clonorchiasis in low- and high-prevalence communities in northern Vietnam

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 447-451

  Yajima, Aya ^a   Cong, Dai Tran ^b   Trung, Dung Do ^c   Cam, Thach Dang Thi ^c   Montresor, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Clonorchiasis; Diagnosis; Opisthorchiasis; Questionnaire; Screening; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EATING HABIT; FECES ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER FISH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW FOOD; SCREENING TEST; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; CLONORCHIASIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FISHES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OPISTHORCHIASIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; VIETNAM;

TREMATODA;

EID: 63449114122     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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