Costs of Conjunctivitis Outbreak, Réunion Island, France

Filleul, Laurent; Pagès, Frederic; Wan, Guy-Noel Chan; Brottet, Elise; Vilain, Pascal

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Costs of Conjunctivitis Outbreak, Réunion Island, France

Published Date:

Jan 2018

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(1):168-170.

Language:

English

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Emerg Infect Dis

Personal Author:

Filleul, Laurent ; Pagès, Frederic ; Wan, Guy-Noel Chan ; Brottet, Elise ; Vilain, Pascal ;

Description:

During January-April 2015, a major outbreak of conjunctivitis on Réunion Island caused a large public health impact. On the basis of general practitioner consultations, emergency department visits, and eye medication sales during the 13-week epidemic, we estimated a total healthcare cost of €3,341,191 from the outbreak.

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Pubmed ID:

29260662

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5749441

Document Type:

Journal Article

Place as Subject:

Reunion

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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