The potential economic value of a hookworm vaccine

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1201-1210

  Lee, Bruce Y ^a,b,c   Bacon, Kristina M ^a,b,c   Bailey, Rachel ^a,b,c   Wiringa, Ann E ^a,b,c   Smith, Kenneth J ^a  

^a Public Health Computational and Operations Research (PHICOR)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Economics; Hookworm vaccine

Indexed keywords

HOOKWORM VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MODEL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VACCINES;

EID: 78751572703     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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