DALY_Neurocysticercosis: Example Dataset 1: Neurocysticercosis in West-Cameroon

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Description

The Neurocysticercosis dataset consists of a nested list containing data needed to calculate DALYs due to Neurocysticercosis in West Cameroon, according to Praet et al. (2009).

Usage

data(DALY_Neurocysticercosis)

Format

List of 3

$ model : List of 2
..$ diseaseName : chr "Neurocysticercosis"
..$ outcomeNames : List of 8

$ settings : List of 4
..$ pop : num [1:5, 1:2] 397229 686600 1073342 210474 129081 ...
..$ LE : num [1:21, 1:2] 80 79.4 75.4 70.4 65.4 ...
..$ aw : chr "Yes"
..$ dr : num 3

$ data : List of 8
..$ : List of 8
.. ..$ inc : List of 3
.. .. ..$ dist : chr "Gamma"
.. .. ..$ strat : chr "Age and Sex"
.. .. ..$ param : num [1:5, 1:4] 47.3 47.3 47.3 47.3 47.3 ...
.. ..$ trt : List of 3
.. .. ..$ dist : chr "Beta"
.. .. ..$ strat : chr "None"
.. .. ..$ param : num [1, 1:2] 267 733
.. ..$ ons : List of 3
.. .. ..$ dist : chr "Fixed"
.. .. ..$ strat : chr "Age"
.. .. ..$ param : num [1:5, 1] 2.5 9.95 26.99 51.94 73.6
.. ..$ dur : List of 3
.. .. ..$ dist : chr "Fixed"
.. .. ..$ strat : chr "Age and Sex"
.. .. ..$ param : num [1:5, 1:2] 1.4 2 3.6 2.8 1.6 1.6 3.1 5.9 6 2.8
.. ..$ DWt : List of 3
.. .. ..$ dist : chr "Beta"
.. .. ..$ strat : chr "Age"
.. .. ..$ param : num [1:5, 1:2] 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 35 21.6 21.6 21.6 21.6
.. ..$ DWn : List of 3
.. .. ..$ dist : chr "Beta"
.. .. ..$ strat : chr "Age"
.. .. ..$ param : num [1:5, 1:2] 3 3 3 3 3 27.3 17 17 17 17
.. ..$ mrt : List of 3
.. .. ..$ dist : chr "Gamma"
.. .. ..$ strat : chr "None"
.. .. ..$ param : num [1, 1:2] 3.05 12.32
.. ..$ lxp : List of 3
.. .. ..$ dist : chr "Fixed"
.. .. ..$ strat : chr "Age"
.. .. ..$ param : num [1:5, 1] 2.5 10 30 52.5 77.5

[...]

Details

Taenia solium cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease occurring in many developing countries. A relatively high prevalence in humans and pigs has been reported in several parts of the world, but insufficient data are available on the disease burden. Disease impact assessment needs detailed information on well-defined epidemiological and economic parameters. Our work conducted in West Cameroon over several years allowed us to collect the necessary information to estimate the impact of the parasite on the human and animal populations in this area using both cost and Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) estimations. This study identified the professional inactivity caused by the disease as the major loss factor in comparison to the cost of health care and losses due to infected pigs. These findings should allow a simpler estimation of the global disease burden based on information on salary levels and human cysticercosis prevalence in endemic areas of the world. In addition, the number of DALYs was higher than estimates already available for some other neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.

The average number of DALYs was 9.0 per thousand persons per year (95% CR 2.8-20.4).

Source

Praet N, Speybroeck N, Manzanedo R, Berkvens D, Nforninwe DN, Zoli A, Quet F, Preux P-M, Carabin H, Geerts S (2009). The disease burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Cameroon. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3(3), e406.

See Also

setDALYexample

DALYcalculator (for a brief description of the DALY Calculator)
DALYmanual (for a more comprehensive overview)

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