Infectious disease-related pathogens and their prevention and control strategies after earthquakes
10.3724/SP.J.1008.2008.00590
- Author:
Zhong-Tian QI
1
Author Information
1. Department of Microbiology
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Disease outbreaks;
Earthquake;
Pathogens;
Prevention and control
- From:
Academic Journal of Second Military Medical University
2010;29(6):590-593
- 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.
