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SUBMITTER: Snijders R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314840 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Snijders Rian R Fukinsia Alain A Claeys Yves Y Hasker Epco E Mpanya Alain A Miaka Erick E Meheus Filip F Boelaert Marleen M
Emerging infectious diseases 20210801 8
We integrated sleeping sickness case detection into the primary healthcare system in 2 health districts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We replaced a less field-friendly serologic test with a rapid diagnostic test, which was followed up by human African trypanosomiasis microscopic testing, and used a mixed costing methodology to estimate costs from a healthcare provider perspective. We screened a total of 18,225 persons and identified 27 new cases. Average financial cost (i.e., actual e ...[more]