Factors associated with the performance and cost-effectiveness of using lymphatic filariasis Transmission assessment surveys for monitoring soil-transmitted helminths: A case study in Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 342-353

  Smith, Jennifer L ^a,b   Sturrock, Hugh J W ^b   Assefa, Liya ^a   Nikolay, Birgit ^a   Njenga, Sammy M ^c   Kihara, Jimmy ^c   Mwandawiro, Charles S ^c   Brooker, Simon J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HELMINTH; HUMAN; KENYA; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSMISSION ASSESSMENT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSMISSION; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

VERMES;

SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HELMINTHS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84922332578     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0435     Document Type: Article

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