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. 2018 Jun 1;17:220. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2361-y

Table 2.

Summary of costs by outcome measure

General RACD costs Microscopy-specific costs LAMP-specific costs Overall RACD (microscopy and LAMP) Overall RACD (microscopy only) Overall RACD (LAMP only) Annual recurrent general RACD costs Annual recurrent microscopy-specific costs Annual recurrent LAMP-specific costs
Total costs (36 RACD events) $16,931 $929 $24,557 $42,418 $17,860 $41,489 $6957 $527 $12,871
Average cost per RACD event $470 $26 $682 $1178 $496 $1152 $193 $14.65 $358
Average cost per individual screened $11 $0.62 $16 $28 $12 $28 $5 $0.35 $9
Average cost per infection identified $2822 $465 $4093 $7070 $8930 $6915 $1159 $264 $2145

RACD reactive case detection, LAMP loop-mediated isothermal amplification