Drivers of rabies virus spillover risk from vampire bats to livestock in Colombia
Our modelling effort revealed that variable selection and use of bias surface have tractable impacts on final projections of spillover risk. Our results also indicate that human activity drives RABV spillover risk to a greater extent than ecological or climatological factors. Results from this study provide important information about landscape conditions linked to RABV transmission risk, where livestock vaccination should be prioritized.
Authors
- Luis E. Escobar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5735-2750)
- Cassidy Rist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7558-8094)
- Diego Soler‐Tovar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-6368)
- Paige Van de Vuurst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4221-6881)
- Tatiana Medina-Rodriguez
- Andres Felipe Osejo-Varona
Institutions
- George Washington University (US)
- Directorate of Health (IS)
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (US)
- University of La Salle (CO)
- Virginia Tech (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013508
- Primary Topic
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00