Echinococcosis: An economic evaluation of a veterinary public health intervention in rural Canada

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Schurer, Janna M ^a   Rafferty, Ellen ^a   Farag, Marwa ^a   Zeng, Wu ^b   Jenkins, Emily J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ICD-10; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; VETERINARY CLINIC; ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VETERINARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938770148     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003883     Document Type: Article

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