Bat Rabies, Public Health and European Bat Conservation

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-68

  Racey, P A ^a   Hutson, A M ^b   Lina, P H C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity 'Naturalis' ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bats; Conservation; Europe; Lyssaviruses; Public health; Synanthropy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BAT; BELGIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; MASS MEDIUM; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SCIENTIST; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SWITZERLAND; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EUROPE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RABIES; RESEARCH; RISK; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ZOONOSES;

EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS DASYCNEME;

EID: 84872262666     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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