Malaria burden and control in Bangladesh and prospects for elimination: An epidemiological and economic assessment

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Haque, Ubydul ^a   Overgaard, Hans J ^b   Clements, Archie C A ^c   Norris, Douglas E ^a   Islam, Nazrul ^d   Karim, Jahirul ^d   Roy, Shyamal ^d   Haque, Waziul ^e   Kabir, Moktadir ^f   Smith, David L ^a   Glass, Gregory E ^a,g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^e OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^f RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^g SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ERADICATION; ECONOMICS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84892994994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70176-1     Document Type: Article

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