Quantifying the burden of rhodesiense sleeping sickness in urambo district, tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Matemba, Lucas E ^a,b   Fèvre, Eric M ^c   Kibona, Stafford N ^a   Picozzi, Kim ^b   Cleaveland, Sarah ^d   Shaw, Alexandra P ^e   Welburn, Susan C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e AP Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG COST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649779390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000868     Document Type: Article

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