Communicable disease outbreaks: Ethics in an outbreak
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Communicable Diseases and Outbreak Control
Infectious disease during an emergency condition can raise the death rate 60 times in comparison to other causes including trauma. An epidemic, or outbreak, can occur when several aspects of the agent (pathogen), population (hosts), and the environment create an ideal situation for spread. Overcrowding, poor regional design and hygiene due to poverty, dirty drinking water, rapid climate changes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of General Practice
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2208-794X,2208-7958
DOI: 10.31128/ajgp-covid-42