Ecology of domestic dogs canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm dracunculus medinensis infection
dc.contributor.author | McDonald, RA | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson-Aggarwal, JK | |
dc.contributor.author | Swan, GJF | |
dc.contributor.author | Goodwin, CED | |
dc.contributor.author | Moundai, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Sankara, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Biswas, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Zingeser, JA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-18T14:56:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-04-20 | |
dc.description.abstract | Global eradication of human Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) has been set back by the emergence of infections in animals, particularly domestic dogs Canis familiaris. The ecology and epidemiology of this reservoir is unknown. We tracked dogs using GPS, inferred diets using stable isotope analysis and analysed correlates of infection in Chad, where numbers of Guinea worm infections are greatest. Dogs had small ranges that varied markedly among villages. Diets consisted largely of human staples and human faeces. A minority of ponds, mostly <200 m from dog-owning households, accounted for most dog exposure to potentially unsafe water. The risk of a dog having had Guinea worm was reduced in dogs living in households providing water for animals but increased with increasing fish consumption by dogs. Provision of safe water might reduce dog exposure to unsafe water, while prioritisation of proactive temephos (Abate) application to the small number of ponds to which dogs have most access is recommended. Fish might have an additional role as transport hosts for Guinea worm, by concentrating copepods infected with worm larvae. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Chad Ministry of Public Health | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | World Health Organization | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Carter Center | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 14 (4), article e0008170 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008170 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/122525 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vx0k6djnh | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020 McDonald et al. 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. | en_GB |
dc.title | Ecology of domestic dogs canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm dracunculus medinensis infection | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-18T14:56:27Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1935-2727 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Public Library of Science via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data Availability: Data are available at Dryad data repository https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vx0k6djnh. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-02-25 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-04-20 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-08-18T14:52:57Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-08-18T14:56:35Z | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
refterms.depositException | publishedGoldOA |
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