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Intake of 12 food groups and disability-adjusted life years from coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and colorectal cancer in 16 European countries
Schwingshackl L, Knüppel S, Michels N, Schwedhelm C, Hoffmann G, Iqbal K, Dehenauw S, Boeing H, Devleesschauwer B.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2019; 34:765-775
Burden

Global burden of melioidosis, 2015: a systematic review and data synthesis
Birnie E, Virk HS, Savelkoel J, Spijker R, Bertherat E, Dance DAB, Limmathurotsakul D, Devleesschauwer B, Haagsma JA, Wiersinga WJ.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2019; 19:892-902
Burden

Global disease burden of pathogens in animal source foods, 2010
Havelaar AH, Li M, Hoffmann S, Hald T, Kirk MD, Torgerson PR, Devleesschauwer B.
PLOS ONE. 2019; 14:e0216545
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Estimates of the 2015 global and regional disease burden from four foodborne metals – arsenic, cadmium, lead and methylmercury
Gibb HJ, Barchowsky A, Bellinger D, Bolger PM, Carrington C, Havelaar AH, Oberoi S, Zang Y, O’Leary K, Devleesschauwer B.
Environ Res. 2019; 174:188-194
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from dietary exposure to lead, 2015
Carrington C, Devleesschauwer B, Gibb HJ, Bolger PM.
Environ Res. 2019; 172:420-429
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Kritik an Population Attributable Fraction bei genauerem Hinsehen nicht gerechtfertigt
Plass D, Tobollik M, Devleesschauwer B, Grill E, Hoffmann B, Hurrass J, Künzli N, Peters A, Rothenbacher D, Schneider A, Wichmann HE, Wintermeyer D, Wolf J, Zeeb H, Straff W.
Gesundheitswesen. 2019; 81:444-447
Burden ⁃ Risk factors

Global burden of cancer and coronary heart disease resulting from dietary exposure to arsenic, 2015
Oberoi S, Devleesschauwer B, Gibb HJ, Barchowsky A.
Environ Res. 2019; 171:185-192
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015-2017
Geebelen L, Van Cauteren D, Devleesschauwer B, Moreels S, Tersago K, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N, Lernout T.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2019; 10:598-605
Belgium ⁃ Burden

The health and economic impact of acute gastroenteritis in Belgium, 2010–2014
Papadopoulos T, Klamer S, Jacquinet S, Catry B, Litzroth A, Mortgat L, Mamouris P, Rebolledo J, Vaes B, Van Cauteren D, Van der Heyden J, Beutels P, Devleesschauwer B.
Epidemiol Infect. 2019; 147:e146
Belgium ⁃ Burden

Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from prenatal exposure to methylmercury, 2015
Bellinger DC, Devleesschauwer B, O’Leary K, Gibb HJ.
Environ Res. 2019; 170:416-421
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Estimation of the worldwide seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Zuhair M, Smit GSA, Wallis G, Jabbar F, Smith C, Devleesschauwer B, Griffiths P.
Rev Med Virol. 2019; in press
Burden

Global burden of late-stage chronic kidney disease resulting from dietary exposure to cadmium, 2015
Zang Y, Devleesschauwer B, Bolger PM, Goodman E, Gibb HJ.
Environ Res. 2019; 169:72-78
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis
Cassini A, Högberg LD, Plachouras D, Quattrocchi A, Hoxha A, Simonsen GS, Colomb-Cotinat M, Kretzschmar ME, Devleesschauwer B, Cecchini M, Ouakrim DA, Oliveira TC, Struelens MJ, Suetens C, Monnet DL, Burden of AMR Collaborative Group.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2019; 19:56-66
Burden

Improving Burden of Disease and Source Attribution Estimates
Kowalcyk BB, Pires SM, Scallan E, Lamichhane A, Havelaar AH, Devleesschauwer B.
In: Roberts T (ed) Food Safety Economics: Incentives for a Safer Food Supply. 2018; 1:143-174
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

The Global Burden of Foodborne Disease
Devleesschauwer B, Haagsma JA, Mangen M-JM, Lake RJ, Havelaar AH.
In: Roberts T (ed) Food Safety Economics: Incentives for a Safer Food Supply. 2018; 1:107-122
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Burden and Risk Assessment of Foodborne Disease
Devleesschauwer B, Scharff RL, Kowalcyk BB, Havelaar AH.
In: Roberts T (ed) Food Safety Economics: Incentives for a Safer Food Supply. 2018; 1:83-106
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Generating the evidence for risk reduction: A contribution to the future of food-based dietary guidelines
Schwingshackl L, Schlesinger S, Devleesschauwer B, Hoffmann G, Bechthold A, Schwedhelm C, Iqbal K, Knüppel S, Boeing H.
Proc Nutr Soc. 2018; 77:432-444
Burden

Improved methods to capture the total societal benefits of zoonotic disease control: Demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of an integrated control programme for Taenia solium, soil transmitted helminths and classical swine fever in northern Lao PDR
Okello WO, Okello AL, Inthavong P, Tiemann T, Phengvilasouk A, Devleesschauwer B, Shaw A, Allen J.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12: e0006782
Animal health ⁃ Burden ⁃ Cost-effectiveness ⁃ Foodborne disease

Welfare-Adjusted Life Years (WALY): A novel metric of animal welfare that combines the impacts of impaired welfare and abbreviated lifespan
Teng KT-Y, Devleesschauwer B, Maertens de Noordhout C, Bennett P, McGreevy PD, Chiu P-Y, Toribio J-AL, Dhand NK.
PLOS ONE. 2018; 13:e0202580
Burden

Changes in health in Belgium, 1990-2016: a benchmarking analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2016 study
Maertens de Noordhout C, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B.
BMC Public Health. 2018; 18:775
Belgium ⁃ Burden

zDALY: An adjusted indicator to estimate the burden of zoonotic diseases
Torgerson PR, Rüegg S, Devleesschauwer B, Abela-Ridder B, Havelaar AH, Shaw AP, Rushton J, Speybroeck N.
One Health. 2018; 5:40-45
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Economic impact of bovine cysticercosis and taeniosis caused by Taenia saginata in Belgium
Jansen F, Dorny P, Trevisan C, Dermauw V, Laranjo-González M, Allepuz A, Dupuy C, Krit M, Gabriël S, Devleesschauwer B.
Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11:241
Belgium ⁃ Burden ⁃ CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Assessment of the societal cost of Taenia solium in Angónia district, Mozambique
Trevisan C, Devleesschauwer B, Praet N, Pondja A, Assane YA, Dorny P, Thamsborg SM, Magnussen P, Johansen MV.
BMC Infect Dis. 2018; 18:127
Burden ⁃ CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Prioritization of foodborne parasites in Europe, 2016
Bouwknegt M, Devleesschauwer B, Graham H, Robertson LJ, van der Giessen J, EURO-FBP Workshop Participants.
Euro Surveill. 2018; 23:17-00161
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Burden and Risk Assessment of Foodborne Parasites
Devleesschauwer B, Dorny P, Faes C, Havelaar AH, Torgerson PR, Speybroeck N.
In: Ortega YR, Sterling CR (eds) Foodborne Parasites. 2018; 2:341-365
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Burden of salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis and listeriosis: a time series analysis, Belgium, 2012 to 2020
Maertens de Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Haagsma JA, Havelaar AH, Bertrand S, Vandenberg O, Quoilin S, Brandt PT, Speybroeck N.
Euro Surveill. 2017; 22:30615
Belgium ⁃ Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

The HUMTICK study: protocol for a prospective cohort study on post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome and the disease and cost burden of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium
Geebelen L, Lernout T, Kabamba-Mukadi B, Saegeman V, Sprong H, Van Gucht S, Beutels P, Speybroeck N, Tersago K.
Arch Public Health. 2017; 75:42
Belgium ⁃ Burden

Public health impact of congenital toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium, 2013: a systematic review and data synthesis
Smit GSA, Padalko E, Van Acker J, Hens N, Dorny P, Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B.
Clin Infect Dis. 2017; 65:661-668
Belgium ⁃ Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Trends in educational inequalities in premature mortality in Belgium between the 1990s and the 2000s: the contribution of specific causes of deaths
Renard F, Gadeyne S, Devleesschauwer B, Tafforeau J, Deboosere P.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017; 71:371-380
Belgium ⁃ Burden ⁃ Health inequalities

Mapping EQ-5D utilities to GBD 2010 and GBD 2013 disability weights: results of two pilot studies in Belgium
Maertens de Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Gielens L, Plasmans MHD, Haagsma JA, Speybroeck N.
Arch Public Health. 2017; 75:6
Burden ⁃ Disability weights

Disability weights for chronic mercury intoxication resulting from gold mining activities: results from an online pairwise comparisons survey
Steckling N, Devleesschauwer B, Winkelnkemper J, Fischer F, Ericson B, Krämer A, Hornberg C, Fuller R, Plass D, Bose-O'Reilly S.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017; 14:57
Burden ⁃ Disability weights

The societal cost of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Tanzania
Trevisan C, Devleesschauwer B, Schmidt V, Winkler AS, Harrison W, Johansen MV.
Acta Tropica. 2017; 165:141-154
Burden ⁃ CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Health and Economic Burden of Campylobacter
Devleesschauwer B, Bouwknegt M, Mangen M-JJ, Havelaar AH.
In: Klein G (ed) Campylobacter: Features, Detection, and Prevention of Foodborne Disease. 2017; 1:27-40
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

The impact of individual-level heterogeneity on estimated infectious disease burden: a simulation study
McDonald SA, Devleesschauwer B, Wallinga J.
Popul Health Metr. 2016; 14:47
Burden

Burden of skin cancer in Belgium and cost-effectiveness of primary prevention by reducing ultraviolet exposure
Pil L, Hoorens I, Vossaert K, Kruse V, Tromme I, Speybroeck N, Brochez L, Annemans L.
Prev Med. 2017; 93:177-182
Belgium ⁃ Burden ⁃ Cost-effectiveness

Comorbidities and factors associated with central nervous system infections and death in non-perinatal listeriosis: a clinical case series
Maertens de Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Maertens de Noordhout A, Blocher J, Haagsma JA, Havelaar AH, Speybroeck N.
BMC Infect Dis. 2016; 16:256
Belgium ⁃ Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Trypanosoma cruzi: Time for international recognition as a foodborne parasite
Robertson LJ, Devleesschauwer B, Alarcón de Noya B, Noya González O, Torgerson PR.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2016; 10:e0004656
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease

Epidemiology, impact and control of rabies in Nepal: a systematic review
Devleesschauwer B, Aryal A, Sharma BK, Ale A, Declercq A, Depraz S, Gaire TN, Gongal G, Karki S, Pandey BD, Pun SB, Duchateau L, Dorny P, Speybroeck N.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2016; 10: e0004461
Burden ⁃ Nepal

Epidemiology, impact and control of bovine cysticercosis in Europe: a systematic review
Laranjo-González M, Devleesschauwer B, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Allepuz A.
Parasite Vector. 2016; 9:81
Burden ⁃ CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Research synthesis methods in an age of globalized risks: lessons from the global burden of foodborne disease expert elicitation
WHO FERG Source Attribution Task Force, Hald T, Angulo F, Mansor Bin Hamzah W, Bellinger D, Black R, de Silva N, Döpfer D, Havelaar A, Gibb H, Kasuga F, Lake R, Rokni MB, Speybroeck N, Aspinall W, Cooke R, Hoffmann S, Devleesschauwer B, Pires SM.
Risk Anal. 2016; 36:191-292
Burden ⁃ FERG

World Health Organization estimates of the relative contributions of food to the burden of disease due to selected foodborne hazards: a structured expert elicitation
Hald T, Aspinall W, Devleesschauwer B, Cooke R, Corrigan T, Havelaar AH, Gibb HJ, Torgerson PR, Kirk MD, Angulo FJ, Lake RJ, Speybroeck N, Hoffmann S.
PLOS ONE. 2016; 11:e0145839
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Melanoma burden by melanoma stage: assessment through a disease transition model
Tromme I, Legrand C, Devleesschauwer B, Leiter U, Suciu S, Eggermont A, Francart J, Calay F, Haagsma JA, Baurain J, Thomas L, Beutels P, Speybroeck N.
Eur J Cancer. 2016; 53:33-41
Belgium ⁃ Burden

Methodological framework for World Health Organization estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease
Devleesschauwer B, Haagsma JA, Angulo FJ, Bellinger DC, Cole D, Döpfer D, Fazil A, Fèvre EM, Gibb H, Hald T, Kirk MD, Lake RJ, Maertens de Noordhout C, Mathers CD, McDonald SA, Pires SM, Speybroeck N, Thomas MK, Torgerson PR, Wu F, Havelaar AH.
PLOS ONE. 2015; 10:e0142498
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of 22 foodborne bacterial, protozoal and viral diseases, 2010: a data synthesis
Kirk MD, Pires SM, Black RE, Caipo M, Crump JA, Devleesschauwer B, Döpfer D, Fazil A, Fischer-Walker CL, Hald T, Hall AJ, Keddy KH, Lake R, Lanata CF, Torgerson PR, Havelaar AH, Angulo FJ.
PLOS Med. 2015; 12:e1001921
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

National studies as a component of the World Health Organization initiative to estimate the global and regional burden of foodborne disease
Lake R, Devleesschauwer B, Nasinyama G, Havelaar A, Kuchenmüller T, Haagsma J, Jensen H, Jessani N, Maertens de Noordhout C, Angulo F, Ehiri J, Molla L, Agaba F, Aungkulanon S, Kumagai Y, Speybroeck N.
PLOS ONE. 2015; 10:e0140319
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of 11 foodborne parasitic diseases, 2010: a data synthesis
Torgerson PR, Devleesschauwer B, Praet N, Speybroeck N, Willingham AL, Kasuga F, Rokni MB, Zhou X-N, Fevre E, Sripa B, Gargouri N, Fürst T, Budke CM, Carabin H, Kirk MD, Angulo FJ, Havelaar AH, de Silva N.
PLOS Med. 2015; 12:e1001920
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of four foodborne chemical toxins, 2010: a data synthesis
Gibb HJ, Devleesschauwer B, Bolger PM, Wu F, Ezendam J, Cliff J, Zeilmaker M, Verger P, Pitt J, Baines J, Adegoke G, Afshari R, Liu Y, Bokkers B, van Loveren H, Mengelers M, Havelaar A, Bellinger D.
F1000 Research. 2015; 4:1393
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Aetiology-specific estimates of the global and regional incidence and mortality of diarrhoeal diseases commonly transmitted through food
Pires SM, Fischer-Walker CL, Lanata CF, Devleesschauwer B, Hall AJ, Kirk MD, Duarte ASR, Black RE, Angulo FJ.
PLOS ONE. 2015; 10:e0142927
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

World Health Organization global estimates and regional comparisons of the burden of foodborne disease, 2010
Havelaar AH, Kirk MD, Torgerson PR, Gibb H, Hald T, Lake RJ, Praet N, Angulo FJ, Bellinger DC, De Silva NR, Gargouri N, Speybroeck N, Cawthorne A, Mathers C, Stein C, Devleesschauwer B.
PLOS Med. 2015; 12:e1001923
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Schistosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a literature review
Madinga J, Linsuke S, Mpabanzi L, Meurs L, Kanobana K, Speybroeck N, Lutumba P, Polman K.
Parasite Vectors. 2015; 8:601
Burden

Monitoring mortality in forced migrants—can Bayesian methods help us to do better with the (little) data we have?
Heudtlass P, Speybroeck N, Guha-Sapir D.
PLOS Med. 2015; 12:e1001887
Burden

Data-driven methods for imputing national-level incidence rates in global burden of disease studies
McDonald SA, Devleesschauwer B, Speybroeck N, Hens N, Praet N, Torgerson PR, Havelaar AH, Wu F, Tremblay M, Amene EW, Döpfer D.
Bull World Health Organ. 2015; 93:228-236
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

The low global burden of trichinellosis: evidence and implications
Devleesschauwer B, Praet N, Speybroeck N, Torgerson PR, Haagsma JA, De Smet K, Murrell KD, Pozio E, Dorny P.
Int J Parasitol. 2015; 45:95-99
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium: opportunities and constraints
Devleesschauwer B, Maertens de Noordhout C, Smit GSA, Duchateau L, Dorny P, Stein C, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N.
BMC Public Health. 2014; 14:1196
Belgium ⁃ Burden

The global burden of listeriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Maertens de Noordhout C, Devleesschauwer B, Angulo FJ, Verbeke G, Haagsma J, Kirk M, Havelaar A, Speybroeck N.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2014; 14:1073-1082
Burden ⁃ FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

DALY calculation in practice: a stepwise approach
Devleesschauwer B, Havelaar AH, Maertens de Noordhout C, Haagsma JA, Praet N, Dorny P, Duchateau L, Torgerson PR, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N.
Int J Public Health. 2014; 59:571-574
Burden

Calculating disability-adjusted life years to quantify burden of disease
Devleesschauwer B, Havelaar AH, Maertens de Noordhout C, Haagsma JA, Praet N, Dorny P, Duchateau L, Torgerson PR, Van Oyen H, Speybroeck N.
Int J Public Health. 2014; 59:565-569
Burden

The health and economic burden of haemophilia in Belgium: a rare, expensive and challenging disease
Henrard S, Devleesschauwer B, Beutels P, Callens M, De Smet F, Hermans C, Speybroeck N.
Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2014; 9:39
Belgium ⁃ Burden

The burden of parasitic zoonoses in Nepal: a systematic review
Devleesschauwer B, Ale A, Torgerson P, Praet N, Maertens de Noordhout C, Pandey BD, Pun SB, Lake R, Vercruysse J, Joshi DD, Havelaar AH, Duchateau L, Dorny P, Speybroeck N.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2014; 8:e2634
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease ⁃ Nepal

An agent-based model of exposure to human toxocariasis: a multi-country validation
Kanobana K, Devleesschauwer B, Polman K, Speybroeck N.
Parasitology. 2013; 140:986-998
Agent-based model ⁃ Burden

WHO Initiative to estimate the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases
Havelaar AH, Cawthorne A, Angulo F, Bellinger D, Corrigan T, Cravioto A, Gibb H, Hald T, Ehiri J, Kirk M, Lake R, Praet N, Speybroeck N, de Silva N, Stein C, Torgerson P, Kuchenmüller T.
Lancet. 2013; 381:S59
Burden ⁃ FERG

Understanding the burden of disease in Nepal: a call for local evidence
Devleesschauwer B, Ale A, Duchateau L, Dorny P, Lake R, Dhakal P, Pun SB, Pandey BD, Speybroeck N.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2013; 11:221-224
Burden ⁃ Nepal

Rule-based modeling of chronic disease epidemiology: elderly depression as an illustration
Chiêm JC, Macq J, Speybroeck N.
PLOS ONE. 2012; 7:e41452
Agent-based model ⁃ Burden

The disease burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Cameroon
Praet N, Speybroeck N, Manzanedo R, Berkvens D, Nsame Nforninwe D, Zoli A, Quet F, Preux PM, Carabin H, Geerts S.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2009; 3:e406
Burden ⁃ Foodborne disease