Table 2 Top 10 most influential actors in the network of zoonotic agent sharing (i.e., considering hosts, vectors, food, and environmental matrices as zoonotic sources) ranked by node centrality metrics

From: A One Health framework for exploring zoonotic interactions demonstrated through a case study

Node / Degree centrality

Node / Strength centrality

Node / Betweenness centrality

Node / Closeness centrality

1. Homo sapiens (human)1 / 149

1. Homo sapiens (human)1 / 993.3

1. Homo sapiens (human)1 / 0.732

1. Homo sapiens (human)1 / 3.92

2. Bos taurus (cattle)1 / 79

2. Bos taurus (cattle)1 / 457.3

2. Sus scrofa (wild boar)1 / 0.212

2. Bos taurus (cattle)1 / 3.70

3. Gallus gallus (chicken)1 / 78

3. Gallus gallus (chicken)1 / 387.2

3. Bos taurus (cattle)1 / 0.122

3. Gallus gallus (chicken)1 / 3.61

4. Sus scrofa (wild boar)1, Animal (unspecified) meat and meat product3 / 59

4. Animal (unspecified) meat and meat product2 / 383.7

4. Gallus gallus (chicken)1 / 0.100

4. Animal (unspecified) meat and meat product2 / 3.54

5. Equus caballus (horse)1 / 57

5. Cattle meat and meat product2 / 281.0

5. Testudines (turtles)1 / 0.025

5. Sus scrofa (pig) 1 / 3.51

6. Asio otus (long-eared owl), Bubo bubo (Eurasian eagle-owl), Bubo scandiacus (snowy owl), Ciconia Ciconia (white stork), Circus aeruginosus (western marsh harrier), Coloeus monedula (jackdaw), Corvus cornix (hooded crow), Gypaetus barbatus (lammergeier), Strix uralensis (Ural owl)1, animal (unspecified) dairy2 / 56

6. Ovis aries (sheep)1 / 270.4

6. Canis lupus familiaris (dog)1 / 0.018

6. Ovis aries (sheep)1 / 3.46

7. Serpentes, Testudines, lizard (unspecified)1 / 53

7. Animal (unspecified) dairy2 / 265.1

7. Felis catus (domestic cat)1 / 0.016

7. Cattle meat and meat product2 / 3.42

8. Ovis aries (sheep)1 / 51

8. Gypaetus barbatus (lammergeier)1 / 259.7

8. Animal (unspecified) meat and meat product2 / 0.013

8. Animal (unspecified) ready to eat product2 / 3.39

9. Sus scrofa (pig)1, cattle meat and meat product2 / 50

9. Bubo scandiacus (snowy owl), Circus aeruginosus (western marsh harrier), Coloeus monedula (jackdaw), 1 / 256.6

9. Apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked field mouse), Nyctereutes procyonoides (raccoon dog)1 / 0.0103

9. Pig meat and meat product2 / 3.38

10. Game meat and meat product2 / 44

10. Strix uralensis (Ural owl)1 / 256.3

10. Ixodes3 / 0.101

10. Canis lupus familiaris (dog)1 / 3.32

  1. The NCBI-resolved scientific and common names of the hosts are specified. Edge weights were adjusted to take into account the scientific research effort. The normalised values of the weighted betweenness and closeness are presented.
  2. 1 Zoonotic source category: host; 2 Zoonotic source category: food; 3 Zoonotic source category: invertebrate vector.