On the transmission of bat diseases by the media - A view from the trenches

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 298-315

  Martin, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian bat lyssavirus; Bat paramyxovirus; Equine morbillivirus; Flying foxes; Hendra virus; Lyssaviruses; Rabies; Ross river virus

Indexed keywords

BAT; DISEASE; MEDIA INDUSTRY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

ALPHAVIRUS; AUSTRALIAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS; CANIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUINE MORBILLIVIRUS; HENDRA VIRUS; LYSSAVIRUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE; RABIES VIRUS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 0038346686     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2003.014     Document Type: Article

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