Current legionellosis outbreak with 139 cases in Pamplona, Spain.
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In the light of current flooding events in Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania [1], staff at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have undertaken some preliminary review of the adverse health effects of such natural disasters. Flood events are the most frequently occurring natural disasters worldwide, and may increase in the future as a result of climate change [2]. Adverse effects on human health include [3,4,5]: trauma deaths, mainly by drowning; injuries; enteric infections due to increased faeco-oral cycling from disruption of sewage disposal and safe drinking water infrastructure; mental health such as post-traumatic stress disorder; • • •
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
دوره 11 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006