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Contact networks of rural free-ranging domestic dogs and implications for the transmission of infection
Free-ranging domestic dogs Canis familiaris from a rural Chadian village, collared with GPS and proximity loggers. Free-ranging domestic dogs are susceptible to a number of zoonotic infections. High resolution contact networks derived from the proximity loggers demonstrated heterogeneity in contact rates. Simulations on the contact networks for an infection comparable to rabies found epidemic outcomes were determined by the seeded individual's network position, which was also correlated with ranging behaviour. Wilson-Aggarwal, et al. (2019)
Image Credit: Jared Wilson-Aggarwal
Citation: (2019) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 13(7) August 2019. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(7): ev13.i07. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v13.i07
Published: August 1, 2019
Copyright: © 2019 . 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.
Free-ranging domestic dogs Canis familiaris from a rural Chadian village, collared with GPS and proximity loggers. Free-ranging domestic dogs are susceptible to a number of zoonotic infections. High resolution contact networks derived from the proximity loggers demonstrated heterogeneity in contact rates. Simulations on the contact networks for an infection comparable to rabies found epidemic outcomes were determined by the seeded individual's network position, which was also correlated with ranging behaviour. Wilson-Aggarwal, et al. (2019)
Image Credit: Jared Wilson-Aggarwal