Hurricanes, floods and leptospirosis

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
• 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:
  Cyclonic Storms Floods Leptospirosis Natural Disasters
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cf73d6fe8979144157da69bd41d0e5795814e9eca18ea97f9323eb87a8aa3c85
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/81098/cdc_81098_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 191.62 KB ]