Journal article
A Literature Review of Economic Evaluations for a Neglected Tropical Disease: Human African Trypanosomiasis (“Sleeping Sickness”)
Abstract
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a disease caused by infection with the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or T. b. rhodesiense. It is transmitted to humans via the tsetse fly. Approximately 70 million people worldwide were at risk of infection in 1995, and approximately 20,000 people across Africa are infected with HAT. The objective of this review was to identify existing economic evaluations in order to summarise cost-effective …
Authors
Sutherland CS; Yukich J; Goeree R; Tediosi F
Journal
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 9, No. 2,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0003397
ISSN
1935-2727