Bat Hunting and Bat–Human Interactions in Bangladeshi Villages: Implications for Zoonotic Disease Transmission and Bat Conservation

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1287-1293

  Openshaw, J J ^a   Hegde, S ^b   Sazzad, H M S ^b   Khan, S U ^b   Hossain, M J ^b   Epstein, J H ^c   Daszak, P ^c   Gurley, E S ^b   Luby, S P ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases and Research   (Bangladesh)

^c ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

bats; conservation; human bat interactions; hunting; Pteropus giganteus; zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BANGLADESH; BAT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84964688913     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12505     Document Type: Article

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