ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2015
Economic Burden of Dengue Virus Infection at the Household Level Among Residents of Puerto Maldonado, Peru.
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- The economic burden of dengue: a systematic literature review of unit costs for non-fatal episodes treated in the formal healthcare system.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Resource Use and Costs of Dengue: Analysis of Data from Phase III Efficacy Studies of a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Trial
- Economic burden of dengue in Puerto Rico, 2010-2023.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Article
- Addressing the emerging threat of Oropouche virus: implications and public health responses for healthcare systems.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2025Review
- Development of a rapid point-of-care dengue virus type 2 infection diagnostic assay using recombinase polymerase amplification and lateral flow device.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Cost of controlling the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in the Peruvian amazon.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2024Article
- Estimating the cost of illness and burden of disease associated with the 2014-2015 chikungunya outbreak in the U.S. Virgin Islands.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Predictors of mitochondrial DNA copy number and damage in a mercury-exposed rural Peruvian population near artisanal and small-scale gold mining: An exploratory study.Environmental and molecular mutagenesis · 2019Article
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Abstract
Dengue virus (DENV) was reintroduced to Peru in the 1990s and has been reported in Puerto Maldonado (population ~65,000) in the Peruvian southern Amazon basin since 2000. This region also has the highest human migration rate in the country, mainly from areas not endemic for DENV. The objective of this study was to assess the proportion of household income that is diverted to costs incurred because of dengue illness and to compare these expenses between recent migrants (RMs) and long-term residents (LTRs). We administered a standardized questionnaire to persons diagnosed with dengue illness at Hospital Santa Rosa in Puerto Maldonado from December 2012 to March 2013. We compared direct and indirect medical costs between RMs and LTRs. A total of 80 participants completed the survey, of whom 28 (35%) were RMs and 52 (65%) were LTRs. Each dengue illness episode cost the household an average of US$105 (standard deviation [SD] = 107), representing 24% of their monthly income. Indirect costs were the greatest expense (US$56, SD = 87), especially lost wages. The proportion of household income diverted to dengue illness did not differ significantly between RM and LTR households. The study highlights the significant financial burden incurred by households when a family member suffers dengue illness.
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