Optimal risk management of human alveolar echinococcosis with vermifuge

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Kato, Naoto ^a   Kotani, Koji ^b   Ueno, Seiya ^a   Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echinococcus multilocularis; Infectious disease; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; EGG PRODUCTION; ERADICATION THERAPY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REINFECTION; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARVICOLINAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FOXES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREVALENCE;

CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 77956610120     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.037     Document Type: Article

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