Roberts T, Murrell K D, Marks S
Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20005-4788, USA.
Parasitol Today. 1994 Nov;10(11):419-23. doi: 10.1016/0169-4758(94)90171-6.
Fragmentary data indicate that zoonotic parasites cause human illnesses with medical costs and productivity and disability losses totalling billions of dollars annually. Food is an important vehicle for some of these parasitic diseases. The cost to public health is not reflected in the priorities given to these parasitic diseases in either research or public health planning. In this article, Tanya Roberts, Darwin Murrell and Suzanne Marks discuss the cost of toxoplasmosis, taeniasis, cysticercosis, trichinellosis and other foodborne parasitic diseases.
零碎的数据表明,人畜共患寄生虫导致人类患病,每年造成的医疗费用、生产力损失和残疾损失总计达数十亿美元。食物是其中一些寄生虫病的重要传播媒介。在研究或公共卫生规划中,这些寄生虫病的优先级并未体现出其对公共卫生造成的成本。在本文中,坦尼娅·罗伯茨、达尔文·默雷尔和苏珊娜·马克斯讨论了弓形虫病、绦虫病、囊尾蚴病、旋毛虫病及其他食源性寄生虫病的成本。