Cost-effectiveness analysis of combination therapies for visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent.

• Main Authors: Filip Meheus (Author), Manica Balasegaram (Author), Piero Olliaro (Author), Shyam Sundar (Author), Suman Rijal (Author), Md Abul Faiz (Author), Marleen Boelaert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Visceral leishmaniasis is a systemic parasitic disease that is fatal unless treated. We assessed the cost and cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent. In particular we examined whether combination therapies are a cost-effect...