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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2108.142015
Personal Author:
Anti, Priscilla ; Owusu, Michael ; Agbenyega, Olivia ; Annan, Augustina ; Badu, Ebenezer Kofi ; ... More +
Anti, Priscilla ; Owusu, Michael ; Agbenyega, Olivia ; Annan, Augustina ; Badu, Ebenezer Kofi ; Nkrumah, Evans Ewald ; Tschapka, Marco ; Oppong, Samuel ; Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw ; Drosten, Christian Less -
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.
Subject:
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Animal Diseases
Animals
Chiroptera
Coronavirus Infections
Diet, Paleolithic
Disease Reservoirs
Disease Vectors
Humans
Rural Population
Zoonoses

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 21(8):1418-1421.
Pubmed ID:
26177344
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4517717
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Africa, Western ; Ghana
Africa, Western ; Ghana Less -
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:3eb34f87385170aa4f8d743a43acf2f0c4764c8234e5b802ea446395a97aeb06
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