An economic evaluation of vector control in the age of a dengue vaccine.

• Main Authors: Christopher Fitzpatrick (Author), Alexander Haines (Author), Mathieu Bangert (Author), Andrew Farlow (Author), Janet Hemingway (Author), Raman Velayudhan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dengue is a rapidly emerging vector-borne Neglected Tropical Disease, with a 30-fold increase in the number of cases reported since 1960. The economic cost of the illness is measured in the billions of dollars annually. Environmental change and unplanned urbanization are conspiring to raise the heal...