FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Phylodynamics and human-mediated dispersal of a zoonotic virus. BT AF TALBI, Chiraz LEMEY, Philippe SUCHARD, Marc A. ABDELATIF, Elbia ELHARRAK, Mehdi NOURLIL, Jalal ABDELLAH, Faouzi ECHEVARRIA, Juan E. MORON, Sonia Vasquez RAMBAUT, Andrew CAMPIZ, Nicholas TATEM, Andrew J. HOLMES, Edward BOURHY, Hervé AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:6;8:7;9:7;10:8,9;11:10;12:10,11;13:9,12;14:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:; C1 Institut Pasteur, Unit Lyssavirus Dynamics and Host Adaptation, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Paris, France Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Departments of Biomathematics and Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, and Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Institut Pasteur d’Alge´ rie, Laboratoire de la Rage, Recherche et Diagnostic, Alger, Alge´ rie Biopharma Laboratoire, Rabbat, Maroc Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Laboratoire de Virologie Me´dicale, Casablanca, Maroc Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Servicio de Microbiologı´a Diagno´ stica, Madrid, Spain of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Ashworth Laboratories, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America C2 INST PASTEUR, FRANCE REGA INSTITUTE, BELGIUM UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, USA INST PASTEUR ALGERIE, ALGERIE BIOPHARMA LAB, MAROC INST PASTEUR MAROC, MAROC INST SALUD CARLOS III, SPAIN UNIV EDINBURGH, UK NATL INST HLTH, USA UNIV FLORIDA, USA UNIV FLORIDA, USA UNIV PENN STATE, USA IF 8.14 TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00139/24992/23090.pdf LA English DT Article AB Understanding the role of humans in the dispersal of predominately animal pathogens is essential for their control. We used newly developed Bayesian phylogeographic methods to unravel the dynamics and determinants of the spread of dog rabies virus (RABV) in North Africa. Each of the countries studied exhibited largely disconnected spatial dynamics with major geo-political boundaries acting as barriers to gene flow. Road distances proved to be better predictors of the movement of dog RABV than accessibility or raw geographical distance, with occasional long distance and rapid spread within each of these countries. Using simulations that bridge phylodynamics and spatial epidemiology, we demonstrate that the contemporary viral distribution extends beyond that expected for RABV transmission in African dog populations. These results are strongly supportive of human-mediated dispersal, and demonstrate how an integrated phylogeographic approach will turn viral genetic data into a powerful asset for characterizing, predicting, and potentially controlling the spatial spread of pathogens PY 2010 SO PLOS pathogens SN 1553-7374 PU Public Library Science VL 6 IS 10 BP 1 EP 10 DI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001166 ID 24992 ER EF