Public health burden due to infections by verocytotoxin-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> (VTEC) and <i>Campylobacter</i> spp. as estimated by cost of illness and different approaches to model disability-adjusted life years

Abstract

Pathogen-specific health outcomes and data quality may influence the preferred modelling approach. There was a fair agreement between modelling approaches, but the stochastic model reflected the contribution of some rare health outcomes not captured in the deterministic model. Health outcomes excluded due to lack of data lead to an underestimation of the total burden associated with the pathogens. Increased knowledge, especially on the degree of underreporting and the contribution of the pathogens to sequelae, is needed to further improve public health burden estimates for these pathogens in Sweden.