Toxoplasma gondii is known to infect a considerable number of mammalian and avian
species and a substantial proportion of the world's human population. The parasite has an …

Highlights•National burden of disease studies are needed to define food safety
priorities.•Initiatives to support capacity building and collaboration are emerging.•Novel …

Governmental food safety monitoring is moving towards risk-based monitoring. Three steps
are needed to design an optimal risk-based monitoring plan for pathogens. First pathogen …

Background: The objectives of this paper were to determine the overall number of diseases,
deaths, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) caused by viral foodborne diseases …

Highlights•Residual risk: risk that remains even in a fully compliant food safety
system.•There are several sources of residual risk and different (complementary) quantities …

The burden of foodborne diseases is of serious concern. More effective and localized
intervention policies for outbreak prevention and management are required; however, policy …

Estimates of the overall human health impact of agents transmitted commonly through food
complement surveillance and help guide food safety interventions and regulatory initiatives …

Risk-benefit assessment is the comparison of the risk of a situation to its related benefits, ie a
comparison of scenarios estimating the overall health impact. The risk–benefit analysis …

The majority of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, most of which are classified as
“neglected”. By affecting both humans and animals, zoonoses pose a dual burden. The …

Estimating the burden of foodborne diseases: A practical handbook for countries Page 1 1 Estimating
the burden of foodborne diseases: A practical handbook for countries A guide for planning …