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. 1985 Jan;75(1):71-3.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.75.1.71.

An analysis of economic costs associated with an outbreak of typhoid fever

W X Shandera, J P Taylor, T G Betz, P A Blake

An analysis of economic costs associated with an outbreak of typhoid fever

W X Shandera et al. Am J Public Health. 1985 Jan.

Abstract

We examined the costs of a typhoid fever outbreak caused by exposures to contaminated food over a 47-day period at a restaurant. For the 49 respondents, the patient-related costs (+215,548) were primarily medical expenses (+183,902) and lost income or productivity (+28,603). The estimated patient-related costs for all 80 outbreak-associated cases was +351,920. Had contaminated food continued to be served, the prevention-related costs (+36,500) would have been offset by patient-related costs (+7,488/day) within 5 days.

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