Study of implementation and direct cost estimates for diagnostic tests for human visceral leishmaniasis in an urban area in Brazil

Study of implementation and direct cost estimates for diagnostic tests for human visceral leishmaniasis in an urban area in Brazil

Abstract This work reports the process and costs of comprehensively implementing two tests to decentralize the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in an endemic city in Brazil: a rapid test (IT LEISH) and a direct agglutination test (DAT-LPC). The implementation began by training health profess...

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Main Authors: Tália Santana Machado de Assis, Paloma Nogueira Guimarães, Edward Oliveira, Vanessa Peruhype-Magalhães, Luciana Inácia Gomes, Ana Rabello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2015-10-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Leishmaniasis
Diagnóstico
Costos y Análisis de Costo
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2015001002127&lng=en&tlng=en

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