A large-scale behavior change intervention to prevent Nipah transmission in Bangladesh: Components and costs

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Nahar, Nazmun ^a,b,c   Asaduzzaman, Mohammad ^a   Sultana, Rebeca ^a   Garcia, Fernando ^d   Paul, Repon C ^a   Abedin, Jaynal ^a   Sazzad, Hossain M S ^a   Rahman, Mahmudur ^e   Gurley, Emily S ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research IEDCR   (Bangladesh)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Behavior change communication intervention; Intervention cost; Nipah virus infection; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; COST; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 85021258792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2549-1     Document Type: Article

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