Disability Adjusted Life Years and minimal disease: application of a preference-based relevance criterion to rank enteric pathogens

• Main Authors: Haagsma Juanita A (Author), Havelaar Arie H (Author), Janssen Bas MF (Author), Bonsel Gouke J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Burden of disease estimates, which combine mortality and morbidity into a single measure, are used increasingly for priority setting in disease control, prevention and surveillance. However, because there is no clear exclusion criter...