Infectious disease-related pathogens and their prevention and control strategies after earthquakes
- VernacularTitle:地震灾后常见的病原体与疫病防控
- Author:
Zhongtian QI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
earthquake;
disease outbreaks;
pathogens;
prevention and control
- From:
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University
1985;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Epidemic diseases often occur following natural disasters,such as earthquakes.The most commonly seen epidemics after an earthquake include:enteric diseases(dysentery,typoid and paratypoid fever,cholera,hand-foot-mouth disease,hepatitis A,hepatitis E,etc),arthropod-borne infectious diseases(malaria,Kala-Azar,Japanese encephalitis,etc), zoonosis(plague,hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome,anthrax,etc),soil and epidemic water transmitted diseases(tetanus, gas gangrene,leptospirosis,etc),respiratory diseases(measles,rubella,influenza,etc),food-borne diseases(food poisoning caused by bacteria or bacterial toxin).This article reviews the controlling principles and measures for major infectious pathogens and epidemic diseases after earthquake.
