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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

Epidemiology and economic impact of bovine cysticercosis and taeniosis caused by Taenia saginata in North-eastern Spain (Catalonia)
Laranjo-González M, Devleesschauwer B, Jansen F, Dorny P, Dupuy C, Requena-Méndez A, Allepuz A.
Parasit Vectors. 2018; 11:376
CYSTINET ⁃ Economic impact ⁃ Foodborne disease

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

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women and livestock in the mainland of China: a systematic review and hierarchical meta-analysis
Deng H, Devleesschauwer B, Liu M, Li J, Wu Y, van der Giessen J, Opsteegh M.
Sci Rep. 2018; 8:6218
Foodborne disease ⁃ True prevalence

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

Preliminary assessment of the computer-based Taenia solium educational program 'The Vicious Worm’ on knowledge uptake in primary school children in rural areas in eastern Zambia
Hobbs EC, Mwape KE, Van Damme I, Berkvens D, Zulu G, Mambwe M, Chembensofu M, Phiri IK, Masuku M, Bottieau E, Devleesschauwer B, Speybroeck N, Colston A, Dorny P, Willingham III AL, Gabriël S.
Trop Med Int Health. 2018; 23:306-314
CYSTISTOP ⁃ 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

Risk ranking of foodborne parasites: State of the art
Devleesschauwer B, Bouwknegt M, Dorny P, Gabriël S, Havelaar AH, Quoilin S, Robertson LJ, Speybroeck N, Torgerson PR, van der Giessen JWB, Trevisan C.
Food Waterborne Parasitol. 2017; 8:1-13
Foodborne disease ⁃ Risk ranking

Re-visiting the detection of porcine cysticercosis based on full carcass dissections of naturally Taenia solium infected pigs
Chembensofu M, Mwape KE, Van Damme I, Hobbs E, Phiri IK, Masuku M, Zulu G, Colston A, Willingham AL, Devleesschauwer B, Van Hul A, Chota A, Speybroeck N, Berkvens D, Dorny P, Gabriël S.
Parasit Vectors. 2017; 10:572
CYSTISTOP ⁃ Foodborne disease

Present status of laboratory diagnosis of human taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe
Gómez-Morales MA, Gárate T, Blocher J, Devleesschauwer B, Smit GSA, Schmidt V, Pereguer MJ, Ludovisi A, Pozio E, Dorny P, Gabriël S, Winkler AS.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2017; 36:2029-2040
CYSTINET ⁃ 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

Mapping occurrence of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and areas at risk of porcine cysticercosis in Central America and the Caribbean basin
Braae UC, Devleesschauwer B, Sithole F, Wang Z, Willingham AL.
Parasit Vectors. 2017; 10:424
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Attribution of global foodborne disease to specific foods: Findings from a World Health Organization structured expert elicitation
Hoffmann S, Devleesschauwer B, Aspinall W, Cooke R, Corrigan T, Havelaar AH, Angulo FJ, Gibb HJ, Kirk MD, Lake RJ, Speybroeck N, Torgerson PR, Hald T.
PLOS ONE. 2017; 12:e0183641
FERG ⁃ Foodborne disease

Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe
Laranjo-González M, Devleesschauwer B, Trevisan C, Allepuz A, Sotiraki S, Abraham A, Boaventura Afonso M, Blocher J, Cardoso L, Manuel Correia da Costa J, ..., Dermauw V.
Parasit Vectors. 2017; 10:349
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Epidemiology of polyparasitism with Taenia solium, schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths in the co-endemic village of Malanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Madinga J, Polman K, Kanobana K, van Lieshout L, Brienen E, Praet N, Kabwe C, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Lutumba P, Speybroeck N.
Acta Trop. 2017; 171:186-193
Foodborne disease

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

Prenatal diagnosis and prevention of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern Vietnam: study protocol
Smit GSA, Vu Thi Lam B, Do Trung D, Speybroeck N, Devleesschauwer B, Padalko E, Roets E, Dorny P.
BMC Infect Dis. 2017; 17:364
Foodborne disease

High relative humidity pre-harvest reduces post-harvest proliferation of Salmonella in tomatoes
Devleesschauwer B, Marvasi M, Giurcanu MC, Hochmuth GJ, Speybroeck N, Havelaar AH, Teplitski M.
Food Microbiol. 2017; 66:55-63
Foodborne disease

Taenia solium in Europe: Still endemic?
Devleesschauwer B, Allepuz A, Dermauw V, Johansen MV, Laranjo-González M, Smit GSA, Sotiraki S, Trevisan C, Wardrop NA, Dorny P, Gabriël S.
Acta Trop. 2017; 165:96-99
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

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

Geospatial and age-related patterns of Taenia solium taeniasis in the rural health zone of Kimpese, Democratic Republic of Congo
Madinga J, Kanobana K, Lukanu P, Abatih E, Baloji S, Linsuke S, Praet N, Kapinga S, Polman K, Lutumba P, Speybroeck N, Dorny P, Harrison W, Gabriel S.
Acta Trop. 2017; 165:100-109
Foodborne disease

cystiSim—an agent-based model for Taenia solium transmission and control
Braae UC, Devleesschauwer B, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Speybroeck N, Magnussen P, Torgerson P, Johansen MV.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 2016; 10:e0005184
Agent-based model ⁃ CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Toxoplasma gondii in stranded marine mammals from the North Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean: findings and diagnostic difficulties
van de Velde N, Devleesschauwer B, Leopold M, Begeman L, Ijsseldijk LL, Hiemstra S, Ijzer J, Brownlow A, Davison N, Haelters J, Jauniaux T, Siebert U, Dorny P, De Craeye S.
Vet Parasitol. 2016; 230:25-32
Animal health ⁃ Foodborne disease

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

Prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini-like fluke infection in ducks in Binh Dinh Province, Central Vietnam
Dao TT, Abatih EN, Nguyen TT, Tran HT, Gabriël S, Smit GSA, Le PN, Dorny P.
Korean J Parasitol. 2016; 54:357-361
Foodborne disease

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

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

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

Neurocysticercosis in Europe: Need for a one health approach [letter to the editor]
Devleesschauwer B, Smit GSA, Dorny P, van der Giessen JW, Gabriël S.
Neuropediatrics. 2015; 46:354-355
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease

Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and the co-distribution with schistosomiasis in Africa
Braae UC, Saarnak FLS, Mukaratirwa S, Devleesschauwer B, Magnussen P, Johansen MV.
Parasit Vectors. 2015; 8:323
CYSTINET ⁃ Foodborne disease ⁃ True prevalence

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

Study and ranking of determinants of Taenia solium infections by classification tree models
Mwape KE, Phiri IK, Praet N, Dorny P, Muma JB, Zulu G, Speybroeck N, Gabriël S.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015; 92:56-63
Foodborne disease

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

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

Seroprevalence of zoonotic parasites in pigs slaughtered in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal
Devleesschauwer B, Pruvot M, Joshi DD, De Craeye S, Jennes M, Ale A, Welinski A, Lama S, Aryal A, Victor B, Duchateau L, Speybroeck N, Vercruysse J, Dorny P.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013; 13:872-876
Foodborne disease ⁃ Nepal ⁃ True prevalence

Multi-test analysis and model-based estimation of the prevalence of Taenia saginata cysticercus infection in naturally infected dairy cows in the absence of a 'gold standard' reference test
Eichenberger RM, Lewis F, Gabriël S, Dorny P, Torgerson PR, Deplazes P.
Int J Parasitol. 2013; 43:853-859
Foodborne disease ⁃ True prevalence

Bayesian modelling to estimate the test characteristics of coprology, coproantigen ELISA and a novel real-time PCR for the diagnosis of taeniasis
Praet N, Verweij JJ, Mwape KE, Phiri IK, Muma JB, Zulu G, van Lieshout L, Rodriguez-Hidalgo R, Benitez-Ortiz W, Dorny P, Gabriël S.
Trop Med Int Health. 2013; 18:608-614
Foodborne disease ⁃ True prevalence

Infection with versus exposure to Taenia solium: what do serological test results tell us?
Praet N, Rodriguez-Hidalgo R, Speybroeck N, Ahounou S, Benitez-Ortiz W, Berkvens D, Hul AV, Barrionuevo-Samaniego M, Saegerman C, Dorny P.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010; 83:413-415
Foodborne disease ⁃ True prevalence

Evidence-based semi-quantitative methodology for prioritization of food-borne zoonoses
Cardoen S, Van Huffel X, Berkvens D, Quoilin S, Ducoffre G, Saegerman C, Speybroeck N, Imberechts H, Herman L, Ducatelle R, Dierick K.
Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2009; 6:1083-1096
Belgium ⁃ Foodborne disease ⁃ Risk ranking

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

A Bayesian approach for estimating values for prevalence and diagnostic test characteristics of porcine cysticercosis
Dorny P, Phiri IK, Vercruysse J, Gabriel S, Willingham AL 3rd, Brandt J, Victor B, Speybroeck N, Berkvens D.
Int J Parasitol. 2004; 34:569-576
Foodborne disease ⁃ True prevalence