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. 2005 Sep;11(9):1382–1388. doi: 10.3201/eid1109.041020

Table 3. Average expense per examined person and average cost per case detected and treated (converted to constant 1998 US$) in active case finding*.

1993–1997 1998–2003
No. screened in population at risk 5,003,477 10,659,210
No. HAT cases detected and treated† 41,500 55,500
Average expenditure per case screened (US$) 1.30 1.57
Average expenditure per case detected and treated (US$) 156.9 301.2

*HAT, human African trypanosomiasis.
†Takes into account only active case finding by mobile teams and the assumption of a treatment rate of 100%.