Zoonoses and Bats : A look from human health viewpoint

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-48

  Ghatak, S ^a   Banerjee, R ^a   Agarwal, R K ^a   Kapoor, K N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0034149490     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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