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To beIer understand CE epidemiology in a highly endemic region of Peru, we studied the movement of free-roaming dogs in the community of Chanchayllo, Junin, Peru.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We performed copro-ELISA to identify\n                      <jats:italic>E. granulosus s.l.<\/jats:italic>\n                      positive dogs, tracked the ranging behavior and calculated home ranges of 19 owned, free-roaming dogs to understand the movement of the definitive host of\n                      <jats:italic>E. granulosus s.l.<\/jats:italic>\n                      on the landscape. Specifically, we investigated the spatial association between\n                      <jats:italic>E. granulosus<\/jats:italic>\n                      -infected dog home ranges and proximity to their owners\u2019 houses and a local slaughterhouse.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Echinococcus granulosus s.l.<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection prevalence was alarmingly high in our canine population, with 85% positivity (binomial exact 95% CI: 62.1\u201396.8%). All dog home ranges overlapped with their owners\u2019 households, and notably, even negative dog households overlapped with nearby positive dog home ranges.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      These data suggest that widespread environmental contamination of\n                      <jats:italic>E. granulosus s.l.<\/jats:italic>\n                      egg-containing feces may be a significant driver of locally elevated disease prevalence in human populations. We use our findings to understand the local disease ecology of CE in free roaming dogs, assess pillover risk, and guide future intervention strategies aimed at reducing human cases. Our findings suggest that existing trategies delivering anthelmintic drugs to individual households have the potential to reduce spillover of\n                      <jats:italic>E. granulosus s.l.<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2025.1647590","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,19]],"date-time":"2025-11-19T09:59:58Z","timestamp":1763546398000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["GPS tracking of free-roaming dogs and human spillover risk of Echinococcus granulosus in highly endemic Peru"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Katherine","family":"Morucci","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lizzie","family":"Ortiz Cam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elvis 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