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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...
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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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