The economic value of identifying and treating Chagas disease patients earlier and the impact on Trypanosoma cruzi transmission.

• Main Authors: Sarah M Bartsch (Author), Cameron M Avelis (Author), Lindsey Asti (Author), Daniel L Hertenstein (Author), Martial Ndeffo-Mbah (Author), Alison Galvani (Author), Bruce Y Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization's 2020 Goals for Chagas disease include access to antiparasitic treatment and care of all infected/ill patients. Policy makers need to know the economic value of identifying and treating patients earlier. However, the economic value of earlier treatment...