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A pig is prepared for tracking with a GPS collar attached to its back.
Taenia solium, a parasitic cestode that affects humans and pigs, is the leading cause of preventable epilepsy in the developing world. In this study, we used Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to track pig roaming ranges in two rural villages of northern Peru. Our aim was to describe the roaming ranges of pigs in this region, and to evaluate whether the 100 meter rings encompass areas where risk factors for T. solium transmission, such as open human defecation and dense pig activity, are concentrated. O'Neal et al.
Image Credit: Seth E O'Neal
Citation: (2016) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 10(4) April 2016. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(4): ev10.i04. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v10.i04
Published: April 29, 2016
Copyright: © 2016 O'Neal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Taenia solium, a parasitic cestode that affects humans and pigs, is the leading cause of preventable epilepsy in the developing world. In this study, we used Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to track pig roaming ranges in two rural villages of northern Peru. Our aim was to describe the roaming ranges of pigs in this region, and to evaluate whether the 100 meter rings encompass areas where risk factors for T. solium transmission, such as open human defecation and dense pig activity, are concentrated. O'Neal et al.
Image Credit: Seth E O'Neal