A Controlled Trial to Reduce the Risk of Human Nipah Virus Exposure in Bangladesh

EcoHealth

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 501-517

  Nahar, Nazmun ^a,b,c   Paul, Repon C ^a   Sultana, Rebeca ^a   Sumon, Shariful Amin ^a   Banik, Kajal Chandra ^a   Abedin, Jaynal ^a   Asaduzzaman, Mohammad ^a   Garcia, Fernando ^d   Zimicki, Susan ^d   Rahman, Mahmudur ^e   Gurley, Emily S ^a   Luby, Stephen P ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research IEDCR   (Bangladesh)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Behavior change communication intervention; Date palm sap; Nipah virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BAT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPAH VIRUS; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPAH VIRUS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85029451210     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-017-1267-4     Document Type: Article

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