Ecoepidemiological approach in an urban community: environmental factors associated with injuries in humans caused by bats | Zendy

Norlan de Jesus Santos | Zendy; Ianei de Oliveira Carneiro | Zendy; Aroldo Borges | Zendy; Elen Paz | Zendy; Ricardo Lustosa | Zendy; Carlos Roberto Franke | Zendy

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Ecoepidemiological approach in an urban community: environmental factors associated with injuries in humans caused by bats

Author(s) -

Norlan de Jesus Santos,

Ianei de Oliveira Carneiro,

Aroldo Borges,

Elen Paz,

Ricardo Lustosa,

Carlos Roberto Franke

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11904

Subject(s) - residence , environmental health , logistic regression , urbanization , public health , geography , demography , medicine , socioeconomics , biology , ecology , pathology , sociology

The intense urbanization process has resulted in the reduction of forested areas, which poses an additional risk to public health. The aim of this study was to identify environmental variables in an urban community associated with the chances of injuries (bites/scratches) in humans caused by bats.

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