Foodborne Parasitic Diseases in Europe: Social Cost-Benefit Analyses of Interventions

Lucy J Robertson; Paul R Torgerson; Joke van der Giessen

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2018.05.007

Foodborne Parasitic Diseases in Europe: Social Cost-Benefit Analyses of Interventions

Trends Parasitol. 2018 Nov;34(11):919-923. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.05.007. Epub 2018 Jun 18.

Authors

Lucy J Robertson¹, Paul R Torgerson², Joke van der Giessen³

Affiliations

¹ Parasitology Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 369 Sentrum, 0102 Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: lucy.robertson@nmbu.no.
² Section of Epidemiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 270, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
³ Centre for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology, National institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 9, 3520 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

PMID: 29921499
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.05.007

Abstract

Social cost-benefit analysis (SCBA) can be used to evaluate the benefit to society as a whole of a particular intervention. Describing preliminary steps of an SCBA for two foodborne parasitic diseases, echinococcosis and cryptosporidiosis, indicates where data are needed in order to identify those interventions of greatest benefit.

Keywords: Cryptosporidium; DALY; Echinococcus; foodborne parasites; social cost-benefit analyses.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cryptosporidiosis / economics*
Cryptosporidiosis / parasitology
Echinococcosis / economics*
Echinococcosis / parasitology
Europe
Foodborne Diseases / economics*
Foodborne Diseases / parasitology
Humans
Social Change*