Human–Bat Interactions in Rural West Africa

Because some bats host viruses with zoonotic potential, we investigated human–bat interactions in rural Ghana during 2011–2012. Nearly half (46.6%) of respondents regularly visited bat caves; 37.4% had been bitten, scratched, or exposed to bat urine; and 45.6% ate bat meat. Human–bat interactions in...

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Autores principales: Anti, Priscilla, Owusu, Michael, Agbenyega, Olivia, Annan, Augustina, Badu, Ebenezer Kofi, Nkrumah, Evans Ewald, Tschapka, Marco, Oppong, Samuel, Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw, Drosten, Christian
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26177344
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2108.142015
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author Anti, Priscilla
Owusu, Michael
Agbenyega, Olivia
Annan, Augustina
Badu, Ebenezer Kofi
Nkrumah, Evans Ewald
Tschapka, Marco
Oppong, Samuel
Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw
Drosten, Christian
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Owusu, Michael
Agbenyega, Olivia
Annan, Augustina
Badu, Ebenezer Kofi
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Tschapka, Marco
Oppong, Samuel
Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw
Drosten, Christian
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description Because some bats host viruses with zoonotic potential, we investigated human–bat interactions in rural Ghana during 2011–2012. Nearly half (46.6%) of respondents regularly visited bat caves; 37.4% had been bitten, scratched, or exposed to bat urine; and 45.6% ate bat meat. Human–bat interactions in rural Ghana are frequent and diverse.
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spelling pubmed-45177172015-08-01 Human–Bat Interactions in Rural West Africa Anti, Priscilla Owusu, Michael Agbenyega, Olivia Annan, Augustina Badu, Ebenezer Kofi Nkrumah, Evans Ewald Tschapka, Marco Oppong, Samuel Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw Drosten, Christian Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Because some bats host viruses with zoonotic potential, we investigated human–bat interactions in rural Ghana during 2011–2012. Nearly half (46.6%) of respondents regularly visited bat caves; 37.4% had been bitten, scratched, or exposed to bat urine; and 45.6% ate bat meat. Human–bat interactions in rural Ghana are frequent and diverse. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4517717/ /pubmed/26177344 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2108.142015 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Oppong, Samuel
Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw
Drosten, Christian
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