Paul R. TorgersonBrecht DevleesschauwerNicolas PraetNiko SpeybroeckArve Lee WillinghamFumiko KasugaMohammad B. RokniXiao-Nong ZhouEric M. FèvreBanchob SripaNeyla GargouriThomas FürstChristine M. BudkeHélène CarabinMartyn D. KirkFrederick J. AnguloArie HavelaarNilanthi de Silva2017-03-052017-03-052015-12-03Torgerson PR, Devleesschauwer B, Praet N, Speybroeck N, Willingham AL, Kasuga F, et al. (2015) World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 11 Foodborne Parasitic Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis. PLoS Med 12(12): e1001920. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001920http://hdl.handle.net/11244/49253We would like to acknowledge the assistance of the WHO Secretariat over the life of the FERG initiative, particularly Amy Cawthorne, Tim Corrigan, Tanja Kuchenmüller, Yuki Minato, Kurt Straif and Claudia Stein. We acknowledge the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Seattle, WA, USA) for providing data on the global burden of selected diseases.In this data synthesis, Paul Robert Torgerson and colleagues estimate the global and regional disease burden of 11 foodborne parasitic diseases.en-USAttribution 3.0 United StatesGlobal health,Parasitic diseases,Public and occupational health,Toxoplasmosis,Cysticercosis,Echinococcosis,Epilepsy,Foodborne diseasesResearch Article10.1371/journal.pmed.1001920false