The socio-economic burden of cystic echinococcosis in Morocco: A combination of estimation method.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Aouatif Saadi, Fatimaezzahra Amarir, Hind Filali, Séverine Thys, Abdelkbir Rhalem, Nathalie Kirschvink, Marianne Raes, Tanguy Marcotty, Mohamed Oukessou, Luc Duchateau, Hamid Sahibi, Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Daly
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008410; https://doaj.org/article/411f73d31cb64dba94fa85badbcca07a

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a major zoonosis in Morocco despite the launch of a national control programme in 2005. As its economic consequences have not been studied yet in Morocco, this study estimated CE impact in terms of monetary losses, disability-adjusted life years (DALY), and DALY for zoo...