Global Socioeconomic Impact of Cystic Echinococcosis

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Budke, Christine M. ; Deplazes, Peter ; Torgerson, Paul R.
• Description:
  Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an emerging zoonotic parasitic disease throughout the world. Human incidence and livestock prevalence data of CE were gathered from published literature and the Office International des Epizooties databases. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and monetary losses, resulting from human and livestock CE, were calculated from recorded human and livestock cases. Alternative values, assuming substantial underreporting, are also reported. When no underreporting is assumed, the estimated human burden of disease is 285,407 (95% confidence interval [CI], 218,515-366,133) DALYs or an annual loss of US $193,529,740 (95% CI, $171,567,331-$217,773,513). When underreporting is accounted for, this amount rises to 1,009,662 (95% CI, 862,119-1,175,654) DALYs or US $763,980,979 (95% CI, $676,048,731-$857,982,275). An annual livestock production loss of at least US $141,605,195 (95% CI, $101,011,553-$183,422,465) and possibly up to US $2,190,132,464 (95% CI, $1,572,373,055-$2,951,409,989) is also estimated. This initial valuation demonstrates the necessity for increased monitoring and global control of CE.
• Subjects:
  Animals Cattle Cattle Diseases Communicable Diseases, Emerging Cost Of Illness Echinococcosis Echinococcus Global Health Goat Diseases Goats Humans Incidence Prevalence Quality-Adjusted Life Years Research Sheep Sheep Diseases Socioeconomic Factors Swine Swine Diseases

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(2):296-303.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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  urn:sha256:3524489b6cc8d38ae64fd9d8c35ba7c535c0e8c9ac38310f863f93ec1abfd179
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