COST ACTION 920

Inventory of QMRA Studies in Europe

Data sheet

Pathogen	Taenia saginata
Country or region	Norway
Transmission route	From	Beef	To	Man
Specific product(s)	Beef
End-point(s)

Reports or publications

Bibliographic reference	Skjerve E. Ecological effect of Taenia saginata in beef imported from a high prevalence area into Norway. J Food Prot 1999 ; 62: 1320-1325.
Abstract	A dynamic simulation model was used to assess the long-term effect of importing beef from an area with a high prevalence of Taenia saginata among cattle. The input of the model was from a Monte Carlo simulation model. The model predicted substantial increases in the prevalence of T. saginata in domestic cattle and in the incidence and prevalence of infections in humans that would last for more than one decade even if importation of infected beef was stopped after 2 years. The results were strongly influenced by various assumptions about proportion of human carriers infected abroad. Only in a scenario where 99% of domestic carriers are infected abroad did the simulation results show no dramatic ecological effect of importation of the beef. If the model's predictions are realistic, then an increase in the prevalence of T. saginata infections in cattle will be observed in and after 1999.
Status	Published
Availability	Journal

Project group

Institute	The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science
Contact person	Eystein Skjerve; the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science; P.O.Box 8146 dep., N-0033. Mail: Eystein.Skjerve@veths.no
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