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Typhoon-related Leptospirosis and Melioidosis, Taiwan, 2009
that the actual prevalence of plague seems to be underestimated. The low population density in Mongolia explains the low amount of illness in humans. Further investigations should include the screening of rodent populations near the plaguepositive loci. In addition, fl eas and other parasites (and also predators of small mammals) should be studied. Mongolia is a key area of plague genesis and t...
متن کاملPossible Typhoon-related melioidosis epidemic, Taiwan, 2005.
sequencing. This infection rate is within the range (13.5%–90%) that has been reported for R. felis infecting Ctenocephalides fl eas in Brazil and Uruguay (2,3,7). Sixteen (72.7%) cats contained R. felis–reactive antibodies; 4 of them showed titers to R. felis at least 4-fold higher than those to the other 5 rickettsial strains, fi ndings that enabled us to technically conclude that these cats ...
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare the physical and mental health status of disaster victims according to disaster types, such as a typhoon disaster and an oil spill disaster, and to suggest adequate health care services for them. METHODS A total of 484 people who suffered disasters were selected for this study, and data were collected from July to August, 2008. The data-set ...
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Building communities' resilience to natural weather hazards requires the appropriate assessment of such capabilities. The resilience of a community is affected not only by social, economic, and infrastructural factors but also by natural factors (including both site characteristics and the intensity and frequency of events). To date, studies of natural factors have tended to draw on annual cens...
متن کاملDigital Inequality and Second-Order Disasters: Social Media in the Typhoon Haiyan Recovery
This article investigates the intersection of digital and social inequality in the context of disaster recovery. In doing so, the article responds to the optimism present in recent claims about “humanitarian technology” which refers to the empowering uses and applications of interactive technologies by disaster-affected people. Drawing on a long-term ethnography with affected communities recove...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00035226