Leishmania Infantum Transmission in U.S. Hunting Hounds, 2013-2022

A retrospective cohort study from 2013 to 2022 by Kayla R. Duxbury, analyzing Leishmania infantum transmission from sires to pups in U.S. hunting hounds. The dataset contains data used to calculate relative risk and basic reproductive numbers for non-vectorial transmission. It is a 35.1 KB Excel file published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling sire-to-offspring transmission risk based on serological and molecular diagnostic results.
• Calculating basic reproductive numbers (R0) for non-vectorial parasite spread.
• Informing control efforts for canine leishmaniosis based on parental diagnostic status.
• Comparing transmission outcomes between offspring from positive and negative sires.

Strengths

• Clear temporal coverage from 2013 to 2022.
• Includes specific statistical results (RR: 1.59, R0: 3.71) derived from the data.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small (35.1 KB), indicating a limited scope of records.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Retrospective cohort study.

Time Range

2013-2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 04 17:41:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (U.S. hunting hounds)