The Monetary Burden of Cystic Echinococcosis in Iran

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Fasihi Harandi, Majid ^a,b   Budke, Christine M ^c   Rostami, Sima ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84870766455     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001915     Document Type: Article

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