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. 2014 Sep 25;8(9):e3165. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003165

Table 2. Cost benchmarks for the 12 countries of known endemicity.

Economic Financial
Best Low High Best Low High
Drugs 28 22 34 28 22 34
Diagnostics 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.1
Delivery 314 31 1008 193 57 503
Clinical surveillance 19 11 29 19 11 29
Total 362 75 1073 241 100 557
Total (excl. drugs) 334 48 1038 213 74 522

Best estimates with 5th and 95th centiles, 2015 US$ millions*.

*See Supporting Information for the studies and regression models used to estimate economic and financial unit costs. The difference between economic and financial costs is explained in the methods.