Conflict and Emerging Infectious Diseases

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Gayer, Michelle ; Legros, Dominique ; Formenty, Pierre ; Connolly, Maire A.
• Description:
  Detection and control of emerging infectious diseases in conflict situations are major challenges due to multiple risk factors known to enhance emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. These include inadequate surveillance and response systems, destroyed infrastructure, collapsed health systems and disruption of disease control programs, and infection control practices even more inadequate than those in resource-poor settings, as well as ongoing insecurity and poor coordination among humanitarian agencies. This article outlines factors that potentiate emergence and transmission of infectious diseases in conflict situations and highlights several priority actions for their containment and control.
• Subjects:
  • Armed Conflicts
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Dissent and Disputes
  • Epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Violence
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 13(11):1625-1631.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  11
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16525/cdc_16525_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 292.68 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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