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CONTROL OF ASCARIS INFECTION BY CHEMOTHERAPY - WHICH IS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE OPTION
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UNSPECIFIED (1995) CONTROL OF ASCARIS INFECTION BY CHEMOTHERAPY - WHICH IS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE OPTION. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 89 (1). pp. 16-20. ISSN 0035-9203
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Cost-effectiveness analysis is used to predict the optimal design of mass chemotherapy strategies in controlling Ascaris lumbricoides infection. The question of who to treat, how many to treat, and how often to treat are addressed using a population dynamic model of helminth transmission that assesses effectiveness in terms of disease reduction, combined with cost data from an actual control programme. Child-targeted treatment can be more cost-effective than population treatment in reducing the number of disease cases. The model also implies that, in the circumstances described here, enhancing coverage is a more cost-effective approach than increasing frequency of treatment.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Journal or Publication Title: | TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE |
| Publisher: | ROYAL SOC TROPICAL MEDICINE |
| ISSN: | 0035-9203 |
| Date: | January 1995 |
| Volume: | 89 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Number of Pages: | 5 |
| Page Range: | pp. 16-20 |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/19805 |
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