Model-based estimates of risks of disease transmission and economic costs of seven injection devices in sub-Saharan Africa

Model-based estimates of risks of disease transmission and economic costs of seven injection devices in sub-Saharan Africa

OBJECTIVE: To investigate and compare seven types of injection devices for their risks of iatrogenic transmission of bloodborne pathogens and their economic costs in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: Risk assumptions for each device and cost models were constructed to estimate the number of new hepatitis...

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Main Authors: Ekwueme Donatus U., Weniger Bruce G., Chen Robert T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2002-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Disease transmission
Iatrogenic disease/epidemiology
Injections/instrumentation
Injections/economics
Needles/adverse effects
Needles/economics
Syringes/adverse effects
Syringes/economics
Injections, Jet
Hepatitis B/transmission
HIV infections/transmission
Risk factors
Costs and cost analysis
Models, Theoretical
Africa South of the Sahara
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002001100005

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