The low global burden of trichinellosis: Evidence and implications

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 95-99

  Devleesschauwer, Brecht ^a,b   Praet, Nicolas ^c   Speybroeck, Niko ^b   Torgerson, Paul R ^d   Haagsma, Juanita A ^e   De Smet, Kris ^f   Murrell, K Darwin ^g   Pozio, Edoardo ^h   Dorny, Pierre ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability adjusted life years; Global burden of disease; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRICHINOSIS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH; TOPOGRAPHY; TRICHINELLOSIS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TRICHINELLOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84925103818     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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