Dengue Fever Costs Billions In Health Care, Lost Productivity And Absenteeism
Monday, May 11, 2009 - 09:35
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have pinpointed for the first time the multi-country economic costs of dengue fever, the mosquito-borne illness that is a rapidly growing public health problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries. The study assessed the economic burden of dengue in eight American and Asian countries at about $1.8 billion annually.