Malaria epidemiology and economics: the effect of delayed immune acquisition on the cost-effectiveness of insecticide-treated bednets.

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An understanding of the epidemiology of a disease is central in evaluating the health impact and cost-effectiveness of control interventions. The epidemiology of life-threatening malaria is receiving renewed interest, with concerns that the implementation of preventive measures such as insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) while protecting young children might in fact increase the risks of mortality and morbidity in older ages by delaying the acquisition of functional immunity. This paper aims t...

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Authors: Guyatt, H; Snow, R; Evans, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
• Volume: 354
• Issue: 1384
• Pages: 827-835
• Publication date: 1999-04-01
• DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0434
• EISSN: 1471-2970
• ISSN: 0962-8436
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Insecticides; Humans; Incidence; Epidemiologic Methods; Adult; Middle Aged; Aged; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Risk Factors; Female; Male; Malaria, Falciparum; Models, Statistical; Child; Age Factors; Cohort Studies; Child, Preschool; Probability; Africa South of the Sahara; Infant