Economic impact of cystic echinococcosis in peru.

• Main Authors: Pedro L Moro (Author), Christine M Budke (Author), Peter M Schantz (Author), Julio Vasquez (Author), Saul J Santivañez (Author), Jaime Villavicencio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Cystic echinococcosis (CE) constitutes an important public health problem in Peru. However, no studies have attempted to estimate the monetary and non-monetary impact of CE in Peruvian society. METHODS: We used official and published sources of epidemiological and economic information to...