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True eradication was the original goal, but since 2016 there's a zoonotic reservoir in dogs which complicates that. If not for that it would've been eradicated
by morelisp 5y ago
True eradication was the original goal, but since 2016 there's a zoonotic reservoir in dogs which complicates that. If not for that it would've been eradicated a few years ago and it's currently unknown if that can be brought under control.
- selimthegrim 5y agoDiscovered in 2016? Was it preexisting?
- morelisp 5y agoMy understanding (not an expert - just saw the articles in 2016-2017) is that it might have been pre-existing but no one was looking because human-human transmission was overwhelmingly dominant. But I had he date wrong - apparently it was first observed in 2012, but only became a significant vector in 2016 (presumably as humans stopped being such accessible hosts).