Human–Bat Interactions in Rural West Africa

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Anti, Priscilla ; Owusu, Michael ; Agbenyega, Olivia ; Annan, Augustina ; Badu, Ebenezer Kofi ; Nkrumah, Evans Ewald ; Tschapka, Marco ; Oppong, Samuel ; Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw ; Drosten, Christian
• 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.
• Subjects:
  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
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3eb34f87385170aa4f8d743a43acf2f0c4764c8234e5b802ea446395a97aeb06
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32663/cdc_32663_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.14 MB ]