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

• Main Authors: Brecht Devleesschauwer (Author), Anita Ale (Author), Paul Torgerson (Author), Nicolas Praet (Author), Charline Maertens de Noordhout (Author), Basu Dev Pandey (Author), Sher Bahadur Pun (Author), Rob Lake (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author), Durga Datt Joshi (Author), Arie H Havelaar (Author), Luc Duchateau (Author), Pierre Dorny (Author), Niko Speybroeck (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>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 Disabilit...