Should we be treating animal schistosomiasis in Africa? The need for a One Health economic evaluation of schistosomiasis control in people and their livestock
| Autor: | Joanne P. Webster, Louise Vince, Charlotte M. Gower |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Veterinary medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Livestock Cost-Benefit Analysis 030231 tropical medicine Schistosomiasis Disease World Health Organization Praziquantel Animal Diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 1108 Medical Microbiology Tropical Medicine Zoonoses Commentaries Environmental health parasitic diseases medicine Animals Humans One Health 030212 general & internal medicine Anthelmintics 2. Zero hunger Transmission (medicine) business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Livelihood Economic evaluation 3. Good health Infectious Diseases 1117 Public Health And Health Services Africa Income Schistosoma Parasitology Public Health Business 0605 Microbiology |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| ISSN: | 1878-3503 0035-9203 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/trstmh/trx047 |
| Popis: | A One Health economic perspective allows informed decisions to be made regarding control priorities and/or implementation strategies for infectious diseases. Schistosomiasis is a major and highly resilient disease of both humans and livestock. The zoonotic component of transmission in sub-Saharan Africa appears to be more significant than previously assumed, and may thereby affect the recently revised WHO vision to eliminate schistosomiasis as a public health problem by 2025. Moreover, animal schistosomiasis is likely to be a significant cost to affected communities due to its direct and indirect impact on livelihoods. We argue here for a comprehensive evaluation of the economic burden of livestock and zoonotic schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa in order to determine if extending treatment to include animal hosts in a One Health approach is economically, as well as epidemiologically, desirable. |
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