The Preventive Control of Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis: Efficacy and Economic Evaluation

Table 9

Summary of the expressions for total of controlled elements and for total cost. The initial values of the time interval and the ending are represented by and , respectively. is the estimated dog population and is the estimated total of houses, both for Araçatuba municipality in 2016.

	Meaning	Total of controlled elements	Normalized cost	Normalized cost dimension	Total cost
	Elimination of positive dog		0.43	Patient/dog
	Deltamethrin 4% impregnated dog collar		0.03	Patient/dog
	Dog treatment with allopurinol and meglumine antimoniate		0.67	Patient/dog
	Vaccine		0.08	Patient/dog
	Vector control		0.06	Patient/house

In terms of patient cost.
The index stands for the respective control strategy.