Should we be treating animal schistosomiasis in Africa? The need for a One Health economic evaluation of schistosomiasis control in people and their livestock.
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Author(s)
Gower, CM
Vince, L
Webster, JP
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
2017-10-16
Date Acceptance
2017-08-01
Citation
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017, 111 (6), pp.244-247
ISSN
0035-9203
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Start Page
244
End Page
247
Journal / Book Title
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume
111
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Identifier
PII: 4554992
Subjects
Animals
Economic evaluation
Humans
One Health
Praziquantel
Schistosomiasis
Publication Status
Published