Cost-effectiveness of Chagas disease screening in Latin American migrants at primary health-care centres in Europe: a Markov model analysis

• Main Authors: Ana Requena-Méndez, DrPhD (Author), Sheila Bussion (Author), Edelweiss Aldasoro, MSc (Author), Yves Jackson, PhD (Author), Andrea Angheben, MD (Author), David Moore, PhD (Author), Maria-Jesús Pinazo, PhD (Author), Joaquim Gascón, PhD (Author), Jose Muñoz, PhD (Author), Elisa Sicuri, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Chagas disease is currently prevalent in European countries hosting large communities from Latin America. Whether asymptomatic individuals at risk of Chagas disease living in Europe should be screened and treated accordingly is unclear. We performed an economic evaluation of sys...