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

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By Filleul, Laurent ; Pagès, Frederic ; Wan, Guy-Noel Chan ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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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.
Subjects:

Conjunctivitis, Acute Hemorrhagic Health Care Costs Humans
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Emerg Infect Dis. 24(1):168-170.
Pubmed ID:

29260662
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5749441
Document Type:

Letter
Place as Subject:

Reunion
Volume:

24
Issue:

1
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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