Cost-effectiveness of larviciding for urban malaria control in Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Maheu Giroux, Mathieu ^a   Castro, Marcia C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis; Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Integrated vector management; Larval source management; Larviciding; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; LARVICIDAL AGENT; QUININE; INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; INCIDENCE; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; INTERVENTION STUDY; LARVICIDING; LYSINIBACILLUS SPHAERICUS; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PROBABILITY; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; URBAN POPULATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84965093089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-477     Document Type: Article

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