Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection.
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 analysi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:368bc8f3632c47148e42864f4882f026 2023-05-15T15:06:35+02:00 Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection. Robbie A McDonald Jared K Wilson-Aggarwal George J F Swan Cecily E D Goodwin Tchonfienet Moundai Dieudonné Sankara Gautam Biswas James A Zingeser 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008170 https://doaj.org/article/368bc8f3632c47148e42864f4882f026 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008170 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008170 https://doaj.org/article/368bc8f3632c47148e42864f4882f026 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 4, p e0008170 (2020) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008170 2022-12-31T07:16:57Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Copepods Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 14 4 e0008170 |
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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. |
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Robbie A McDonald Jared K Wilson-Aggarwal George J F Swan Cecily E D Goodwin Tchonfienet Moundai Dieudonné Sankara Gautam Biswas James A Zingeser |
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Robbie A McDonald Jared K Wilson-Aggarwal George J F Swan Cecily E D Goodwin Tchonfienet Moundai Dieudonné Sankara Gautam Biswas James A Zingeser |
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Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection. |
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Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection. |
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Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection. |
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Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection. |
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Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection. |
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ecology of domestic dogs canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of guinea worm dracunculus medinensis infection. |
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