Drivers of canine distemper virus exposure in dogs at a wildlife interface in Janos, Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human population expansion has increased the contact between domestic animals and wildlife, thereby increasing the transmission of infectious diseases including canine distemper virus (CDV). Here, we investigated the risk factors associated with CDV exposure in domestic and wild carnivores from the Janos Biosphere Reserve (JBR), Mexico.

Methods

A cross-sectional household questionnaire study was performed in four rural towns to investigate the risk factors associated with the presence of CDV in domestic and wild carnivores from the JBR, Mexico. In addition, we tested serum samples from 70 dogs and three wild carnivores, including one bobcat (Lynx rufus), one striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) and one gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) for CDV antibod

SUBMITTER: Almuna R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8109910 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature