Estimating the burden of disease and the economic cost attributable to chikungunya, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2005-2006

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-138

  Seyler, T ^a,b   Hutin, Y ^c,d   Ramanchandran, V ^c   Ramakrishnan, R ^c   Manickam, P ^c   Murhekar, M ^c  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chikungunya virus; Disability adjusted life years; Disease outbreak; Economic costs; India; Rational drug therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RURAL HEALTH;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

EID: 75149166005     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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