Community survey of rabies knowledge and exposure to bats in homes - Sumter County, South Carolina, USA

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 190-198

  Lankau, E W ^a   Cox, S W ^b   Ferguson, S C ^b   Blanton, J D ^c   Tack, D M ^a,c   Petersen, B W ^c   Rupprecht, C E ^d,e  

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

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Erasmus Forum A434   (United States)

^e ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Author keywords

Bats; Prevention; Rabies; Survey; Zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; E-MAIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RISK; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH CAROLINA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS;

MAMMALIA; RABIES VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BITES AND STINGS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84926013139     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12135     Document Type: Article

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