Circumstances of bat encounters and knowledge of rabies among Minnesota residents submitting bats for rabies testing

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 208-215

  Liesener, Alicia L ^a   Smith, Kirk E ^a   Davis, Rolan D ^b   Bender, Jeff B ^c   Danila, Richard N ^a   Neitzel, David F ^a   Nordquist, Gerda E ^d   Forsman, Sandra R ^a   Scheftel, Joni M ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Minnesota; Rabies; Rabies exposures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BITE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TYPING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE VECTORS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746148461     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.208     Document Type: Article

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