TY - JOUR
T1 - Infectious Diseases After Hydrologic Disasters
AU - Liang, Stephen Y.
AU - Messenger, Nicole
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Hydrologic disasters, including hurricanes, tsunamis, and severe flooding, have been associated with infectious diseases, particularly among vulnerable and displaced populations in resource-poor settings. Skin and soft tissue infections, gastrointestinal infections, respiratory infections, zoonotic infections, and vector-borne diseases each present unique threats to human health in this setting. Increased emergency physician awareness of these infectious diseases and their diagnosis and management helps optimize medical care for survivors after a hydrologic disaster and safeguard the health of disaster responders.
AB - Hydrologic disasters, including hurricanes, tsunamis, and severe flooding, have been associated with infectious diseases, particularly among vulnerable and displaced populations in resource-poor settings. Skin and soft tissue infections, gastrointestinal infections, respiratory infections, zoonotic infections, and vector-borne diseases each present unique threats to human health in this setting. Increased emergency physician awareness of these infectious diseases and their diagnosis and management helps optimize medical care for survivors after a hydrologic disaster and safeguard the health of disaster responders.
KW - Flood
KW - Gastrointestinal infections
KW - Hurricane
KW - Infectious diseases
KW - Respiratory infections
KW - Soft tissue infections
KW - Tsunami
KW - Vector-borne diseases
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85052879061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.emc.2018.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.emc.2018.07.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30297008
AN - SCOPUS:85052879061
SN - 0733-8627
VL - 36
SP - 835
EP - 851
JO - Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
JF - Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -