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The bat meat chain and perceptions of the risk of contracting Ebola in the Mount Cameroon region

BACKGROUND: Local people’s interaction with bats render them vulnerable to Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). This paper examines perceptions of risk involved in the hunting, handling, processing and consumption of bat meat in the Mount Cameroon region of Southwest Cameroon. It focuses on the myriad cultura...

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Autores principales: Akem, Efuet Simon, Pemunta, Ngambouk Vitalis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32354371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08460-8