Invasive Fungal Infections after Natural Disasters
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.
 
 
i


Invasive Fungal Infections after Natural Disasters
Filetype[PDF-451.44 KB]


Details:
  • Alternative Title:
    Emerg Infect Dis
  • Personal Author:
  • Description:
    The link between natural disasters and subsequent fungal infections in disaster-affected persons has been increasingly recognized. Fungal respiratory conditions associated with disasters include coccidioidomycosis, and fungi are among several organisms that can cause near-drowning pneumonia. Wound contamination with organic matter can lead to post-disaster skin and soft tissue fungal infections, notably mucormycosis. The role of climate change in the environmental growth, distribution, and dispersal mechanisms of pathogenic fungi is not fully understood; however, ongoing climate change could lead to increased disaster-associated fungal infections. Fungal infections are an often-overlooked clinical and public health issue, and increased awareness by health care providers, public health professionals, and community members regarding disaster-associated fungal infections is needed.
  • Subject:
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Collection(s):
    Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Main Document Checksum:
  • File Type:
No Related Documents.

You May Also Like:

  1. Corporate Authors:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
    Published Date:
    November 2017
    Description:
    Coastal flooding in the United States is already occurring and the risk of flooding is expected to grow in most coastal regions, in part due to climat...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 14.79 MB]
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 14.79 MB]
  2. Personal Author:
    Hess, Jeremy J. ; McDowell, Julia Z. ; ...
    Published Date:
    Oct 13 2011
    Source:
    Environ Health Perspect. 2011; 120(2):171-179.
    Description:
    Climate change is expected to have a range of health impacts, some of which are already apparent. Public health adaptation is imperative, but there ha...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 365.05 KB]
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 365.05 KB]
  3. Personal Author:
    Luber, George ; Knowlton, Kim ; ...
    Corporate Authors:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication. ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch
. ; ...
    Published Date:
    July 21, 2015
    Series:
    Public health grand rounds ; 2015 July 21
    Description:
    Rebroadcast from December 16, 2014, at 1pm EST: Climate change and health – from science to practice.This sessio...
    Climate change and health – from science to practice.This sessio...">
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.76 MB]
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.76 MB]
  4. Personal Author:
    Luber, George ; Knowlton, Kim ; ...
    Corporate Authors:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication. ; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch
. ; ...
    Published Date:
    December 16, 2014
    Series:
    Public health grand rounds ; 2014 December 16
    Description:
    Image of smog, fires, drought plains, and a mosquito Changes occurring in the world’s climate pose significant threats to human health and wellbeing...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.76 MB]
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 2.76 MB]
  5. Personal Author:
    Moulton, Anthony Drummond ; Schramm, Paul John ;
    Published Date:
    2017 Nov/Dec
    Source:
    J Public Health Manag Pract. 23(6):618-626.
    Description:
    ContextClimate change poses a host of serious threats to human health that robust public health surveillance systems can help address. It is unknown, ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 346.50 KB]
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 346.50 KB]