A literature review of economic evaluations for a neglected tropical disease: human African trypanosomiasis ("sleeping sickness").

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a disease caused by infection with the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or T. b. rhodesiense. It is transmitted to humans via the tsetse fly. Approximately 70 million people worldwide were at risk of infection in 1995, and approximately 20,000 people acros...

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Main Authors: C Simone Sutherland, Joshua Yukich, Ron Goeree, Fabrizio Tediosi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4318581?pdf=render