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Prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: A review
Natural disasters are tragic incidents originating from atmospheric, geologic and hydrologic changes. In recent decades, millions of people have been killed by natural disasters, resulting in economic damages. Natural and complex disasters dramatically increase the mortality and morbidity due to com...
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22279466 |
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author | Jafari, Najmeh Shahsanai, Armindokht Memarzadeh, Mehrdad Loghmani, Amir |
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description | Natural disasters are tragic incidents originating from atmospheric, geologic and hydrologic changes. In recent decades, millions of people have been killed by natural disasters, resulting in economic damages. Natural and complex disasters dramatically increase the mortality and morbidity due to communicable diseases. The major causes of communicable disease in disasters are categorized into four sections: Infections due to contaminated food and water, respiratory infections, vector and insect-borne diseases, and infections due to wounds and injuries. With appropriate intervention, high morbidity and mortality resulting from communicable diseases can be avoided to a great deal. This review article tries to provide the best recommendations for planning and preparing to prevent communicable disease after disaster in two phases: before disaster and after disaster. |
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spelling | pubmed-32631112012-01-25 Prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: A review Jafari, Najmeh Shahsanai, Armindokht Memarzadeh, Mehrdad Loghmani, Amir J Res Med Sci Review Article Natural disasters are tragic incidents originating from atmospheric, geologic and hydrologic changes. In recent decades, millions of people have been killed by natural disasters, resulting in economic damages. Natural and complex disasters dramatically increase the mortality and morbidity due to communicable diseases. The major causes of communicable disease in disasters are categorized into four sections: Infections due to contaminated food and water, respiratory infections, vector and insect-borne diseases, and infections due to wounds and injuries. With appropriate intervention, high morbidity and mortality resulting from communicable diseases can be avoided to a great deal. This review article tries to provide the best recommendations for planning and preparing to prevent communicable disease after disaster in two phases: before disaster and after disaster. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3263111/ /pubmed/22279466 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Jafari, Najmeh Shahsanai, Armindokht Memarzadeh, Mehrdad Loghmani, Amir Prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: A review |
title | Prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: A review |
title_full | Prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: A review |
title_fullStr | Prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: A review |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: A review |
title_short | Prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: A review |
title_sort | prevention of communicable diseases after disaster: a review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3263111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22279466 |
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