Changing attitudes and behaviour towards bats by communities that live close to bat roosts after the 2013 Ebola viral disease outbreak in West Africa
# Background The 2013 Ebola virus disease (EVD) that hit parts of West Africa has been described as one of the largest outbreaks in recent decades. The outbreak was triggered by the spillover of pathogens from bats to human populations. In Ghana, bats pose a significant risk to humans because inter...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | Fidelia Ohemeng, Elaine T Lawson, Jesse S Ayivor, Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd
2019-07-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Global Health Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.29392/joghr.3.e2019037 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Artificial roosts for tree‐roosting bats in northern Arizona
by: Elisabeth D. Mering, et al.
Published: (2012-12-01) -
Social structuring of the gut microbiome in communally roosting bats
by: Eleonore Lebeuf-Taylor, et al.
Published: (2025-01-01) -
Do bats use guano and urine stains to find new roosts? Tests with three group-living bats
by: Bridget K. G. Brown, et al.
Published: (2020-09-01) -
Consistent individual positions within roosts in Spix’s disc-winged bats
by: Giacomini, Giada, et al.
Published: (2023-11-01) -
Quantifying relative levels of solar radiation at bat roosts using pyranometers
by: Kristin J. Bondo, et al.
Published: (2017-06-01)