Table 2.
Cost estimates for the three diagnostic and intervention approaches to clonorchiasis in the first survey in Luong Son district, Hoa Binh province in 2007 (n = 155) and the second survey in Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province between 1999 and 2000 (n = 1155) in northern Vietnam
Diagnostic method by study area | No. targeted | No. (%) positive | No. treated | Total cost (US$) | Cost per person (US$) | Cost per true positive case (US$) |
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Luong Son, Hoa binh | ||||||
Stool examination of the whole population + treatment of those infected | 151 | 2 (1) | 2 | 709.47 | 4.70 | 354.73 |
Screening for a habit of eating raw fish using a questionnaire then drug treatment for those eating raw fish | 35 | 27.63 | 0.18 | 13.82 | ||
Mass treatment for the whole population | 151 | 45.12 | 0.30 | 22.56 | ||
Kim Son, Ninh Binh | ||||||
Stool examination of the whole population + treatment of those infected | 1155 | 289 (25) | 289 | 5518.06 | 4.78 | 19.09 |
Screening for a habit of eating raw fish using a questionnaire then drug treatment for those eating raw fish | 648 | 244.72 | 0.21 | 0.85 | ||
Mass treatment of the whole population | 1155 | 327.61 | 0.28 | 1.13 |