The Global Economic and Health Burden of Human Hookworm Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Even though human hookworm infection is highly endemic in many countries throughout the world, its global economic and health impact is not well known. Without a better understanding of hookworm's economic burden worldwide, it is difficult for decision makers such as funders, policy makers, disease control officials, and intervention manufacturers to determine how much time, energy, and resources to invest in hookworm control.

Methodology/principle findings

We developed a computational simulation model to estimate the economic and health burden of hookworm infection in every country, WHO region, and globally, in 2016 from the societal perspective. Globally, hookworm infection resulted in a total 2,126,280 DALYs using 2004 disability weight estimates and 4,087,803

SUBMITTER: Bartsch SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5015833 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature