Health economics of dengue: A systematic literature review and expert panel's assessment

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 473-488

  Beatty, Mark E ^a   Beutels, Philippe ^b   Meltzer, Martin I ^c   Shepard, Donald S ^d   Hombach, Joachim ^e   Hutubessy, Raymond ^e   Dessis, Damien ^f   Coudeville, Laurent ^g   Dervaux, Benoit ^h   Wichmann, Ole ⁱ   Margolis, Harold S ^j   Kuritsky, Joel N ^k  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^g SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

ⁱ ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^k UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DENGUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; REVIEW;

DENGUE VACCINE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENGUE; DENGUE VACCINES; HUMANS;

EID: 79955662277     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0521     Document Type: Article

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