Zika: costs of prevention and control
July 6, 2017
Thought LeadersDr Amesh AdaljaSenior Associate,Johns Hopkins University
They undertook a modelling study based on six states in the US in areas that are at risk of Zika emergence. The main finding of this study was that the total cost of Zika in these sates had a range that went from approximately 183.4 million dollars to 1.2 billion dollars.
These values were based on calculations that looked at the direct costs, as well as the cost of lost productivity if there was an outbreak, using an attack rate of 0.1% up to 1%, which was their worst scenario.
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