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SUBMITTER: Innes GK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7199423 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Innes Gabriel K GK Randad Pranay R PR Korinek Anton A Davis Meghan F MF Price Lance B LB So Anthony D AD Heaney Christopher D CD
Annual review of public health 20200107
Antimicrobial use (AMU) in animal agriculture contributes to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans, which imposes significant health and economic costs on society. Economists call these costs negative externalities, societal costs that are not properly reflected in market prices. We review the relevant literature and develop a model to quantify the external costs of AMU in animal agriculture on AMR in humans. Parameters required for this estimate include (<i>a</i>) the health and economic bur ...[more]