A Scoping Review of Mathematical Models Used to Investigate the Role of Dogs in Chagas Disease Transmission.

ABSTRACT: Chagas disease is a zoonotic vector-borne disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which affects a variety of mammalian species across the Americas, including humans and dogs. Mathematical modeling has been widely used to investigate the transmission dynamics and control of vector-borne diseases. We performed a scoping review of mathematical models that investigated the role of dogs in T. cruzi transmission. We identified ten peer-reviewed papers that have explicitly modeled the role of dogs in Chagas transmission dynamics. We discuss the different methods employed in these studies, the different transmission metrics, disease transmission routes, and disease control strategies that have been considered and evaluated. In general, mathematical modeling studies have sho

SUBMITTER: Fiatsonu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951694 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature