Raw Sap Consumption Habits and Its Association with Knowledge of Nipah Virus in Two Endemic Districts in Bangladesh.

Raw Sap Consumption Habits and Its Association with Knowledge of Nipah Virus in Two Endemic Districts in Bangladesh.

Human Nipah virus (NiV) infection in Bangladesh is a fatal disease that can be transmitted from bats to humans who drink contaminated raw date palm sap collected overnight during the cold season. Our study aimed to understand date palm sap consumption habits of rural residents and factors associated...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nazmun Nahar, Repon C Paul, Rebeca Sultana, Emily S Gurley, Fernando Garcia, Jaynal Abedin, Shariful Amin Sumon, Kajal Chandra Banik, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, Nadia Ali Rimi, Mahmudur Rahman, Stephen P Luby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4638332?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4638332?pdf=render

Similar Items