Table 1 Network statistics of the 11 dog contact networks.

From: Predictors of free-roaming domestic dogs' contact network centrality and their relevance for rabies control

 

Chad

Guatemala

Indonesia

Uganda

Rural 1

Rural 2

Rural 1

Rural 2

Urban/semi-urban

Rural 1

Rural 2

Urban/semi-urban

Rural 1

Rural 2

Urban/semi-urban

Number of dogs collared

21

25

61

125

117

52

65

100

17

8

124

Number of collars retrieved

21

25

57

123

113

52

65

99

15

8

122

Network size (% collars retrieved)

16 (76)

24 (96)

56 (98)

121 (98)

102 (90.3)

37 (71)

61 (94)

81 (82)

15 (100)

4 (50)

82 (67.2)

Size of the largest component (% network size)

16 (100)

24 (100)

56 (100)

116 (96)

93 (91)

35 (95)

59 (97)

81 (100)

11 (73)

2 (50)

77 (94)

Density

0.25

0.17

0.17

0.06

0.04

0.12

0.12

0.05

0.25

–

0.08

Average shortest path length1

2.5

2.6

2.1

3.2

3.8

3.2

2.5

4.0

1.8

–

3.0

Relative average shortest path length1

0.16

0.11

0.04

0.03

0.04

0.09

0.04

0.05

0.12

–

0.04

Clustering coefficient

0.56

0.45

0.39

0.38

0.27

0.5

0.46

0.42

0.58

–

0.43

Small world index

2.0

2.3

2.2

5.1

6.4

3.3

3.5

6.5

2.9

–

4.5

Degree

Median (IQR)

3.5

(2–4.25)

4

(2–5)

8

(6–13)

7

(4–10)

3

(2–5)

4

(2–6)

6

(4–9)

4

(2–5)

3

(2–5)

–

6

(3–10)

CV

0.58

0.54

0.59

0.59

0.77

0.71

0.8

0.68

0.59

–

0.71

Skewness coefficient

0.8

0.4

1.1

1.4

2.6

0.8

2.1

1.3

0.3

 

0.6

Relative degree

Median (IQR)

0.24

(0.13–0.29)

0.17

(0.09–0.22)

0.15

(0.11–0.24)

0.06

(0.04–0.08)

0.03

(0.02–0.05)

0.11

(0.06–0.17)

0.10

(0.07–0.15)

0.05

(0.02–0.06)

0.21

(0.14–0.36)

–

0.07

(0.04–0.12)

Betweenness

Median (IQR)

2.6

(0–16.5)

6.3

(0–23)

6.3

(1.6–35.6)

34.2

(4.3–117.8)

20.1

(0–123)

9.7

(0–33)

7.5

(0–31)

25.7

(0–127.5)

0.5

(0–3.1)

–

26.4

(0.8–86)

CV

1.41

1.59

1.62

2.02

2.19

2.13

3.12

1.98

1.64

–

1.5

Skewness coefficient

1.3

2.1

2.2

4.3

4.3

3.0

6.3

4.4

1.4

–

2.0

Normalized betweenness

Median (IQR)

0.02

(0–0.16)

0.02

(0–0.09)

0

(0–0.02)

0

(0–0.02)

0

(0–0.02)

0.02

(0–0.05)

0

(0–0.02)

0.01

(0–0.04)

0.01

(0–0.03)

–

0.01

(0–0.03)

  1. The size of the network corresponds to the number of connected dogs in each study area (i.e. dogs with at least one contact). The relative degree correspond to the dog individual degree divided by the network size and the normalized betweenness correspond to the dog individual betweenness divided by the maximum betweenness in the network. CV = coefficient of variation, IQR = Interquartile range. 1Of the largest component. The characteristics of the dogs included in the current study were presented in Warembourg et al34.
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