Answer to Question #230940 in Microbiology for Lola

Question

Discuss the economic importance of parasistic infections

Answer 1

Parasites are a major cause of infections and production loss in man and livestock, frequently causing significant economic loss and impacting on human and animal welfare. In addition to the impact on animal health and production, control measures are costly and often time-consuming.

Parasitic diseases impose an economic burden on households. Scarce resources are used to ameliorate the consequences of infection, both as direct costs-for example, for diagnosis and treatment and as redirect costs in the form of morbidity and mortality that can reduce the time available for productive pursuits and the productivity of the time so allocated.