i
Hurricanes, floods and leptospirosis
-
September 12, 2018
Details:
-
Corporate Authors:
-
Description:Updated September 12, 2018
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that occurs worldwide and can cause serious illnesses such as kidney or liver failure, meningitis, difficulty breathing, and bleeding. Cases of leptospirosis can increase after hurricanes or floods when people may have to wade through contaminated water or use it for drinking or bathing.
Accessible version available at: https://www.cdc.gov/leptospirosis/exposure/hurricanes-leptospirosis.html
hurricanes-lepto-fact-sheet-H.pdf
-
Subjects:
-
Document Type:
-
Genre:
-
Pages in Document:1 unnumbered page
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type: