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. 2015 Nov 12;2(4):ofv167. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofv167

Table 2.

Cost of the 2012 outbreak in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia (US Dollars 2014)a,b

Resources Disease Response Phase (Control of the Outbreak) Disease Surveillance Phase (Monitoring of Disease Cases)
Personnel $502.3 $3921.9
Office supplies NR $13.18
Gasoline consumption NR NR
Chemoprophylaxis $232.8 NR
Meningococcal C conjugate vaccine NR NR
Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine NR NR
Total $735.1 $3935.08

Abbreviation: NR, not reported.

a Based on the findings from Pinzón-Redondo et al [9].

b Based on 6 cases identified during the outbreak.