World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of 22 foodborne bacterial, protozoal, and viral diseases, 2010: a data synthesis

MD Kirk, SM Pires, RE Black, M Caipo, JA Crump… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Foodborne diseases are important worldwide, resulting in considerable
morbidity and mortality. To our knowledge, we present the first global and regional estimates …

A review on the applications of next generation sequencing technologies as applied to food-related microbiome studies

Y Cao, S Fanning, S Proos, K Jordan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The development of next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques has enabled
researchers to study and understand the world of microorganisms from broader and deeper …

Infectious diseases and meat production

R Espinosa, D Tago, N Treich - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020 - Springer
Most infectious diseases in humans originate from animals. In this paper, we explore the role
of animal farming and meat consumption in the emergence and amplification of infectious …

[PDF][PDF] The global burden of congenital toxoplasmosis: a systematic review

PR Torgerson, P Mastroiacovo - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2013 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the global burden of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT), which results
from infection of pregnant women with Toxoplasma gondii. METHODS: The authors …

World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of 11 foodborne parasitic diseases, 2010: a data synthesis

PR Torgerson, B Devleesschauwer, N Praet… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Foodborne diseases are globally important, resulting in considerable morbidity
and mortality. Parasitic diseases often result in high burdens of disease in low and middle …

Global burden of leptospirosis: estimated in terms of disability adjusted life years

PR Torgerson, JE Hagan, F Costa… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonosis, occurs in diverse epidemiological
settings and affects vulnerable populations, such as rural subsistence farmers and urban …

Global Incidence of Human Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infections and Deaths: A Systematic Review and Knowledge Synthesis

SE Majowicz, E Scallan, A Jones-Bitton… - Foodborne …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Objectives: Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are an important cause
of foodborne disease, yet global estimates of disease burden do not exist. Our objective was …

Neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: review of their prevalence, distribution, and disease burden

PJ Hotez, A Kamath - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common conditions affecting the
poorest 500 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and together produce a …

Global, regional, and national death, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for cardiovascular disease in 2017 and trends and risk analysis from 1990 to 2017 …

Z Li, L Lin, H Wu, L Yan, H Wang, H Yang… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and a major
barrier to sustainable human development. The objective of this study was to evaluate the …

Health of the world's adolescents: a synthesis of internationally comparable data

GC Patton, C Coffey, C Cappa, D Currie, L Riley… - The Lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Adolescence and young adulthood offer opportunities for health gains both through
prevention and early clinical intervention. Yet development of health information systems to …