@article{31395,
  keywords = {Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), Trypanosomiasis, African, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Antiprotozoal Agents, Child, Child, Preschool, Cost of Illness, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Rural Population},
  author = {Lutumba P and Makieya E and Shaw AP and Meheus F and Boelaert M},
  title = {Human African trypanosomiasis in a rural community, Democratic Republic of Congo.},
  abstract = {<p>According to the World Health Organization, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) (sleeping sickness) caused the loss of approximately 1.5 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2002. We describe the effect of HAT during 2000-2002 in Buma, a rural community near Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We used retrospective questionnaire surveys to estimate HAT-related household costs and DALYs. The HAT outbreak in Buma involved 57 patients and affected 47 (21%) households. The cost to each household was equivalent to 5 months' income for that household. The total number of HAT-related DALYs was 2,145, and interventions to control HAT averted 1,408 DALYs. The cost per DALY averted was US $17. Because HAT has a serious economic effect on households and control interventions are cost-effective, considering only global burden of disease rankings for resource allocation could lead to misguided priority setting if applied without caution in HAT-affected countries.</p>
},
  year = {2007},
  journal = {Emerging infectious diseases},
  volume = {13},
  pages = {248-54},
  issn = {1080-6040},
  url = {https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/2/pdfs/06-0075.pdf},
  doi = {10.3201/eid1302.060075},
  language = {eng},
}