The burden of parasitic zoonoses in Nepal: a systematic review.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Brecht Devleesschauwer, Anita Ale, Paul Torgerson, Nicolas Praet, Charline Maertens de Noordhout, Basu Dev Pandey, Sher Bahadur Pun, Rob Lake, Jozef Vercruysse, Durga Datt Joshi, Arie H Havelaar, Luc Duchateau, Pierre Dorny, Niko Speybroeck
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Daly
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002634; https://doaj.org/article/dc8574ac984b4f2ab6b6d14ef7eba30a

Background Parasitic zoonoses (PZs) pose a significant but often neglected threat to public health, especially in developing countries. In order to obtain a better understanding of their health impact, summary measures of population health may be calculated, such as the Disability-Adjusted Life Year...