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

• Main Authors: Aouatif Saadi (Author), Fatimaezzahra Amarir (Author), Hind Filali (Author), Séverine Thys (Author), Abdelkbir Rhalem (Author), Nathalie Kirschvink (Author), Marianne Raes (Author), Tanguy Marcotty (Author), Mohamed Oukessou (Author), Luc Duchateau (Author), Hamid Sahibi (Author), Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...