Preventing Australian bat lyssavirus: Community knowledge and risk perception of bats in south east queensland

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 284-290

  Young, Megan K ^a,b   El Saadi, Debra ^b   McCall, Bradley J ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Metro North Public Health Unit Metro North HHS ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Lyssavirus; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES VIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INTERVIEW; LYSSAVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LYSSAVIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEENSLAND; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84904744885     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1414     Document Type: Article

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