Cost analysis of tests for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni infection in children in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1233-1239

  Worrell, Caitlin M ^a   Bartoces, Monina ^a   Karanja, Diana M S ^a,b   Ochola, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Matete, Daniel O ^a,b   Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^a,b   Montgomery, Susan P ^a   Secor, W Evan ^a  

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

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; POINT OF CONTACT CIRCULATING CATHODIC ANTIGEN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE KATO KATZ; TRIPLICATE KATO KATZ; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ECONOMICS; FECES; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; SCHOOL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; FECES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KENYA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84930599650     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0644     Document Type: Article

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