Synergistic effects of multifactor interactions on the transmission of Echinococcus spp. on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Ao Chen; Zhi Li; Ru Meng; Hongrun Ge; Xueyong Zhang; Hong Duo; Yuting Zhao; Zhihong Guo; Xiuying Shen; Rui Zhou; Yong Fu

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0013985

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Synergistic effects of multifactor interactions on the transmission of Echinococcus spp. on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Ao Chen,

Roles Data curation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Zhi Li,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Ru Meng,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Xining Animal Disease Control Center, Xining, China
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Hongrun Ge,

Roles Data curation, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Xueyong Zhang,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Hong Duo,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Yuting Zhao,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Zhihong Guo,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Xiuying Shen,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Rui Zhou ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: qhfuyong@163.com (YF); zhourui@qhu.edu.cn (RZ)

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Yong Fu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: qhfuyong@163.com (YF); zhourui@qhu.edu.cn (RZ)

Affiliation Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary, Qinghai Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis for Animal Diseases and Green Technical Research for Prevention and Control, College of Agriculture and Husbandry, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Research of the Ministry of Education, Qinghai University, Xining, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3354-9107

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Synergistic effects of multifactor interactions on the transmission of Echinococcus spp. on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Ao Chen,
Zhi Li,
Ru Meng,
Hongrun Ge,
Xueyong Zhang,
Hong Duo,
Yuting Zhao,
Zhihong Guo,
Xiuying Shen,
Rui Zhou

Published: February 19, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013985

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