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SUBMITTER: Devleesschauwer B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4668830 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Devleesschauwer Brecht B Haagsma Juanita A JA Angulo Frederick J FJ Bellinger David C DC Cole Dana D Döpfer Dörte D Fazil Aamir A Fèvre Eric M EM Gibb Herman J HJ Hald Tine T Kirk Martyn D MD Lake Robin J RJ Maertens de Noordhout Charline C Mathers Colin D CD McDonald Scott A SA Pires Sara M SM Speybroeck Niko N Thomas M Kate MK Torgerson Paul R PR Wu Felicia F Havelaar Arie H AH Praet Nicolas N
PloS one 20151203 12
<h4>Background</h4>The Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) was established in 2007 by the World Health Organization to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases (FBDs). This paper describes the methodological framework developed by FERG's Computational Task Force to transform epidemiological information into FBD burden estimates.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The global and regional burden of 31 FBDs was quantified, along with limited estimates for 5 other FBDs, usi ...[more]