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Economic considerations for moving beyond the Kato-Katz technique for diagnosing intestinal parasites as we move towards elimination
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Turner, Hugo C., Bettis, Alison A., Dunn, Julia C., Whitton, Jane M., Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre, Fleming, Fiona M. and Anderson, Roy M. (2017) Economic considerations for moving beyond the Kato-Katz technique for diagnosing intestinal parasites as we move towards elimination. Trends in Parasitology, 33 (6). pp. 435-443. ISSN 1471-4922.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.01.007
Abstract
While the need for more sensitive diagnostics for intestinal helminths is well known, the cost of developing and implementing new tests is considered relatively high compared to the Kato-Katz technique. Here, we review the reported costs of performing the Kato-Katz technique. We also outline several economic arguments we believe highlight the need for further investment in alternative diagnostics, and considerations that should be made when comparing their costs. In our opinion, we highlight that, without new diagnostic methods, it will be difficult for policy makers to make the most cost-effective decisions and that the potentially higher unit costs of new methods can be outweighed by the long-term programmatic benefits they have (such as the ability to detect the interruption of transmission).
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Helminths -- Transmission -- Prevention -- Cost effectiveness, Schistosoma mansoni -- Transmission -- Prevention -- Cost effectiveness | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Trends in Parasitology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1471-4922 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | June 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 33 | ||||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 435-443 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 February 2017 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 February 2017 | ||||||||
| Funder: | Wellcome Trust (London, England) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | 089276/B/09/7 |
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