NR AWPK
AU Tyshenko,M.G.; Amaratunga,C.; Lemyre,L.; Leiss,W.; Krewski,D.
TI Designing a risk management framework for human and animal prion diseases in Canada
QU International Conference - Prion 2006: Strategies, advances and trends towards protection of society - 3.10.-6.10.2006, Torino, Italy, Lingotto Conference Centre - Poster sessions RA-14
PT Konferenz-Poster
AB In Canada the occurrence of five bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) cattle within three years has led to an estimated six billion dollar economic loss in direct and indirect costs. Much concern has been focused on the economic impacts to the Canadian agricultural sector while the outcomes to farm families remain largely uncalculated. Our analysis attempts to design an over-arching risk management framework for prion diseases with the first step of identifying the psychological and social outcomes that have occurred at the individual (farm worker), family, farm business, community, regional, national and international levels. The occurrence of BSE in cattle has resulted in a ripple effect with concern about human health, increased stress to farm families, contaminated blood transmission, and iatrogenic infectivity. Unique Canadian Aboriginal Peoples (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) may be at higher risk for negative impacts as wild cervid populations of white-tailed deer and elk are affected by chronic wasting disease, a related prion disease. The transmission risk from cervid to human populations is not yet known. Cataloging the outcomes allows for appropriate prioritization and allocation of resources to effectively respond to and manage ongoing prion disease risks.
AD M.G. Tyshenko, W. Le4iss, D. Krewski: McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St., Ottawa, ON Canada, K1N 6N5; C. Amaratunga: WHRU, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St., Ottawa, ON Canada, K1N 6N5; L Lemyre: GAP-Santé, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart St., Ottawa, ON CANADA, K1N 6N5.
SP englisch
PO Italien