Dog

Dog
Info	Nipah Virus and Shadow Plague (1st Stage): Dogs susceptible to the pathogen. Significantly increases infectivity, particularly in urban areas, and likelihood of mutation. Shadow Plague (2nd Stage): Infected dogs become rabid and turn on their owners. Significantly increases infectivity, particularly in urban areas, and likelihood in mutation.
Initial DNA Cost	17 (Nipah Virus) 8 (Shadow Plague / 1st Stage) 10 (Shadow Plague / 2nd Stage)
Stats	+8 in Infectivity ; +0.2 in Urban Countries (Nipah Virus) +3 in Infectivity ; +0.6 in Urban Countries ; +1 in Severity Shadow Plague (1st Stage) +4 in Infectivity ; +1.1 in Urban Countries ; +2 in Severity Shadow Plague (2nd Stage)

Dog is a zoonotic transmission that is part of both Shadow Plague and Nipah Virus, characterized by the fact that the pathogen is able to use the dog population to spread more rapidly in urban areas.

Government Actions

Shadow Plague

• 1st Stage: In case the player uses this transmission, the governments of different countries will start quarantining all dogs. For this to happen both the global and local priority towards the disease must be 20, when this governmental action is implemented it will reduce the infectivity in that country by 2 points.
• 2nd Stage: In the event that the player acquires this transmission, there is a possibility that the governments of various countries will begin to euthanize the nation's dog population. For this to happen, the local priority must be 40, in addition to the fact that the government of that country should have taken the action of quarantining the dogs earlier. When this action is taken, the infectivity in that country will be lowered by 4 points.

Trivia

• For Nipah Virus, this transmission is required for the unlocking of the Call PETA achievement.