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GPS Tracking of Free-Ranging Pigs to Evaluate Ring Strategies for the Control of Cysticercosis/Taeniasis in Peru

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dc.contributor.author Pray, Ian-W.
dc.contributor.author Swanson, Dallas-J.
dc.contributor.author Ayvar, Viterbo
dc.contributor.author Muro Ecca, Claudio Alberto
dc.contributor.author Moyano, Luz-M.
dc.contributor.author Gonzalez Zariquiey, Armando Emiliano
dc.contributor.author García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.contributor.author O'Neal, Seth E.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-06T14:45:58Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-06T14:45:58Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5146
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Taenia solium, a parasitic cestode that affects humans and pigs, is the leading cause of preventable epilepsy in the developing world. T. solium eggs are released into the environment through the stool of humans infected with an adult intestinal tapeworm (a condition called taeniasis), and cause cysticercosis when ingested by pigs or other humans. A control strategy to intervene within high-risk foci in endemic communities has been proposed as an alternative to mass antihelminthic treatment. In this ring strategy, antihelminthic treatment is targeted to humans and pigs residing within a 100 meter radius of a pig heavily-infected with cysticercosis. Our aim was to describe the roaming ranges of pigs in this region, and to evaluate whether the 100 meter radius rings encompass areas where risk factors for T. solium transmission, such as open human defecation and dense pig activity, are concentrated. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study, we used Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to track pig roaming ranges in two rural villages of northern Peru. We selected 41 pigs from two villages to participate in a 48-hour tracking period. Additionally, we surveyed all households to record the locations of open human defecation areas. We found that pigs spent a median of 82.8% (IQR: 73.5, 94.4) of their time roaming within 100 meters of their homes. The size of home ranges varied significantly by pig age, and 93% of the total time spent interacting with open human defecation areas occurred within 100 meters of pig residences. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: These results indicate that 100 meter radius rings around heavily-infected pigs adequately capture the average pig's roaming area (i.e., home range) and represent an area where the great majority of exposure to human feces occurs. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Behavior, Animal en_US
dc.subject Locomotion en_US
dc.subject Animals en_US
dc.subject Communicable Disease Control/methods en_US
dc.subject Geographic Information Systems en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Rural Population en_US
dc.subject Swine Diseases/epidemiology/prevention & control en_US
dc.subject Swine/physiology en_US
dc.subject Taenia solium/isolation & purification en_US
dc.subject Taeniasis/epidemiology/prevention & control/veterinary en_US
dc.title GPS Tracking of Free-Ranging Pigs to Evaluate Ring Strategies for the Control of Cysticercosis/Taeniasis in Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004591
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn 1935-2735


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