Free roaming domestic dogs (FRDD) are the main vectors for rabies transmission to humans
worldwide. To eradicate rabies from a dog population, current recommendations focus on …

Canine rabies transmission was interrupted in N'Djaména, Chad, following two mass
vaccination campaigns. However, after nine months cases resurged with re-establishment of …

Canine rabies was endemic pre-urbanisation, yet little is known about how it persists in
small populations of dogs typically seen in rural and remote regions. By simulating rabies …

Contact patterns strongly influence the dynamics of disease transmission in both human and
non-human animal populations. Domestic dogs Canis familiaris are a social species and are …

Domestic dogs can affect human health through bites and pathogen transmission,
particularly in resource-poor countries where dogs, including owned ones, predominantly …

Infectious disease transmission often depends on the contact structure of host populations.
Although it is often challenging to capture the contact structure in wild animals, new …

Background Rabies is a serious yet neglected public health threat in resource-limited
communities in Africa, where the virus is maintained in populations of owned, free-roaming …

To control and prevent rabies in Latin America, mass dog vaccination campaigns (MDVC)
are implemented mainly through fixed-location vaccination points: owners have to bring their …

Despite the existence of effective rabies vaccines for dogs, dog-transmitted human rabies
persists and has reemerged in Africa. Two consecutive dog vaccination campaigns took …

Estimates of dog population sizes are a prerequisite for delivering effective canine rabies
control. However, dog population sizes are generally unknown in most rabies-endemic …