A series of PPR experimental infections to estimate exposure time to the virus

A series of PPR experimental infections were conducted to estimate the exposure time, i‧e. the minimum time of exposure to a pathogen before becoming infected. To this end, the following information was collected for each animal involved: contact pattern; serological status; symptoms recorded; presence/absence of virus; date of onset. The experimental sessions took place at ISRA facilities in Sangalkam, Dakar Region, Senegal, between June 2021 and April 2022. The dataset contains the results of 12 experimental infections conducted in five sessions involving six or seven goats in a secure stable. In each experiment, one animal was inoculated with PPR strain IV, collected from a case in Senegal, and placed in contact with the other naïve animals. All the animals were fitted with Ultra-WideBand sensors to collect data on inter-individual distances. This phase lasted between 1 and 48 hours across the experiments. In a second phase, the animals were isolated and data on symptoms, virology and serology were collected to determine health status. The data set contains, for each animal in each experiment, information about identity, device identification, the duration of the experiment, the date symptoms appeared and health status (positive or negative). Furthermore, for each experiment, the distance between the embedded devices is provided at a frequency of one second.