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SUBMITTER: Mallma P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4780822 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mallma Patricia P Garcia Patricia P Carcamo Cesar C Torres-Rueda Sergio S Peeling Rosanna R Mabey David D Terris-Prestholt Fern F
PloS one 20160307 3
Studies have addressed cost-effectiveness of syphilis testing of pregnant women in high-prevalence settings. This study compares costs of rapid syphilis testing (RST) with laboratory-based rapid plasma reagin (RPR) tests in low-prevalence settings in Peru. The RST was introduced in a tertiary-level maternity hospital and in the Ventanilla Network of primary health centers, where syphilis prevalence is approximately 1%. The costs per woman tested and treated with RST at the hospital were $2.70 an ...[more]