Convergence of humans, bats, trees, and culture in Nipah virus transmission, Bangladesh

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1446-1453

  Gurley, Emily S ^a,d   Hegde, Sonia T ^a,b,j   Hossain, Kamal ^a   Sazzad, Hossain M S ^a   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a,k   Rahman, Mahmudur ^c   Yushuf Sharker, M A ^a   Salje, Henrik ^d,e   Islam, M Saiful ^a   Epstein, Jonathan H ^f   Khan, Salah U ^a,g   Kilpatrick, A Marm ^h   Daszak, Peter ^f   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b,i  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATE (FRUIT); GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIPAH VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHOENIX (PLANT); PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIPAH VIRUS; PHOENICEAE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85030263727     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2309.161922     Document Type: Article

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