Knowledge of Bat Rabies and Human Exposure Among United States Cavers

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Gibbons, Robert V. ; Holman, Robert C. ; Mosberg, Stephen R. ; Rupprecht, Charles E.
• Description:
  We surveyed cavers who attended the National Speleological Society convention in June 2000. Fifteen percent of respondents did not consider a bat bite a risk for acquiring rabies; only 20% had received preexposure prophylaxis against the disease. An under-appreciation of the risk for rabies from bat bites may explain the preponderance of human rabies viruses caused by variant strains associated with bats in the United States.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Animals Bias (Epidemiology) Bites And Stings Caves Chiroptera Dispatch Environmental Exposure Health Education Humans Middle Aged Questionnaires Rabies Rabies Vaccines Rabies Virus Recreation Risk Factors

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(5):532-534.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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