Journal article
Economic Assessment of Zoonotic Diseases: An Illustrative Study of Rift Valley Fever in the United States
Transboundary and emerging diseases, Vol.63(2), pp.203-214
04/2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105293
PMCID: PMC7169821
PMID: 25052324
Abstract
This study evaluates the economic consequences of a Rift Valley Fever outbreak, a virus that spreads from livestock to humans, often through mosquitoes. Developing a 'one health' economic framework, economic impacts on agricultural producers and consumers, government costs of response, costs and disruptions to non-agricultural activities in the epidemiologically impacted region, and human health costs (morbidity and mortality) are estimated. We find the agricultural firms bear most of the negative economic impacts, followed by regional non-agricultural firms, human health and government. Further, consumers of agricultural products benefit from small outbreaks due to bans on agricultural exports.
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- Title
- Economic Assessment of Zoonotic Diseases: An Illustrative Study of Rift Valley Fever in the United States
- Creators
- D L Pendell - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USAJ L Lusk - Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USAT L Marsh - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USAK H Coble - Department of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University, Starksville, MS, USAS C Szmania - Signature Science, LLC, Austin, TX, USA
- Publication Details
- Transboundary and emerging diseases, Vol.63(2), pp.203-214
- Academic Unit
- Economic Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Germany
- Identifiers
- 99900546722901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article