ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2020
Ecology of domestic dogs Canis familiaris as an emerging reservoir of Guinea worm Dracunculus medinensis infection.
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- Concurrent therapeutic and behavioral interventions are associated with a reduced number of emerging Dracunculus medinensis worms in dogs in Chad.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
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- Proactive Tethering to Prevent Guinea Worm Infections among Dogs in Chad: An Analysis of the Impacts of Timing and Dog Selection.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
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- Assessing the risk of human-to-wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health.Ecology letters · 2022Review
- Ranging patterns and factors associated with movement in free-roaming domestic dogs in urban Malawi.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Quantifying conflict zones as a challenge to certification of Guinea worm eradication in Africa: a new analytical approach.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Copepod consumption by amphibians and fish with implications for transmission ofInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2021Article
- Linked surveillance and genetic data uncovers programmatically relevant geographic scale of Guinea worm transmission in Chad.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Dracunculiasis in a domestic dog in Brazil.Parasitology research · 2021Article
- Community-based Guinea worm surveillance in Chad: Evaluating a system at the intersection of human and animal disease.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Correlates of Variation in Guinea Worm Burden among Infected Domestic Dogs.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Holistic understanding of contemporary ecosystems requires integration of data on domesticated, captive and cultivated organisms.Biodiversity data journal · 2021Article
- Podoconiosis: key priorities for research and implementation.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020Article
- Population genomic evidence that human and animal infections in Africa come from the same populations of Dracunculus medinensis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
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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.
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