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Reproductive Tract Infections pp 227–249Cite as

Economic Impact of Reproductive Tract Infections and Resources for Their Control

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There is little doubt that the various reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and their complications and sequelae are a significant public health problem in terms of morbidity and, common opinion among the medical profession notwithstanding, mortality.1–6 This paper reviews the economic burden of RTIs in the developing world, as well as resources available and needed for their prevention and control. Since data on these topics are scarce to nonexistent, we are by necessity quite vague in many sections of this paper, and we do not quantify resources needed to control RTIs.

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  1. Department of Microbiology Institute of Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre on AIDS, Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium

    Peter Piot

  2. Department of Pure and Applied Biology Imperial College, University of London, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BB, UK

    Jane Rowley

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  1. International Women’s Health Coalition, New York, New York, USA

    Adrienne Germain

  2. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

    King K. Holmes

  3. Institut de Medicina Tropicale, Antwerp, Belgium

    Peter Piot

  4. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Judith N. Wasserheit

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Piot, P., Rowley, J. (1992). Economic Impact of Reproductive Tract Infections and Resources for Their Control. In: Germain, A., Holmes, K.K., Piot, P., Wasserheit, J.N. (eds) Reproductive Tract Infections. Reproductive Biology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0691-5_10

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