Open AccessBurden of disease and economic impact of human Streptococcus suis infection in Viet Nam
Author(s) -
Vu Thi Lan Huong,
Hugo C. Turner,
Nguyễn Văn Kính,
Phạm Quang Thái,
Ngô Thị Hoa,
Peter Horby,
H. Rogier van Doorn,
Heiman Wertheim
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trz004
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , disease burden , streptococcus suis , disease , environmental health , confidence interval , burden of disease , economic impact analysis , years of potential life lost , population , epidemiology , public health , demography , indirect costs , biology , life expectancy , pathology , gene , business , engineering , accounting , biochemistry , sociology , physics , virulence , optics , civil engineering
Streptococcus suis is a zoonotic disease mainly affecting men of working age and can result in death or long-term sequelae, including severe hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction. We aimed to quantify the burden of disease and economic impact of this infection in Viet Nam.
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