Cost of illness of scrub typhus in South India – a population-based, mixed-methods study
Hospitalisation, common in both severe and non-severe patients, was the driving factor for high costs. Early case recognition may reduce hospitalisations and health expenditure in highly endemic settings.
Authors
- Yoshinao Kubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6592-8035)
- Adam Biran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0702-2109)
- Daniel Chandramohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6974-5620)
- Carol S. Devamani
- KR John
- Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash
- Ian Ross
- Koya Ariyoshi
- Wolf-Peter Schmidt
Institutions
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- Aims Community College (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013960
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00