A randomized controlled trial of interventions to impede date palm sap contamination by bats to prevent Nipah virus transmission in Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Khan, Salah Uddin ^a   Gurley, Emily S ^a   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^a   Sharker, M A Yushuf ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BAMBOO SKIRT; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PROTECTION; DATE (FRUIT); DATE PALM SAP; DHOINCHA SKIRT; FOOD SAFETY; JUTE STICK; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT FLUID; POLYTHENE SKIRT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TREE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BANGLADESH; CHIROPTERA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIPAH VIRUS; POLYETHYLENE; SALIVA; SASA; TREES;

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS; NIPAH VIRUS; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 84864665258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042689     Document Type: Article

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