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CDC: After a Hurricane: Key Facts About Infectious Disease
Mon Sep 5, 2005 01:34
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HURRICANE KATRINA - USA (GULF COAST): LINKS
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Date: Sun 4 Sep 2005
From: ProMED-mailpromed@promedmail.org
Doctors on the scene are seeing some cases of diarrhea and skin infections.
Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans appeared today on CNN saying that mosquitoes
are breeding there and will be feeding on dead bodies and spreading disease.
He is wrong; mosquitoes are not attracted to dead bodies, since they feed on
blood.
For further information, the following links are provided as a public service:
[1] CDC: After a Hurricane: Key Facts About Infectious Disease
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/infectiousdisease.asp
Includes:
- Decaying bodies create very little risk for major disease outbreaks.
- Outbreaks of infectious diseases following hurricanes are rare in developed
countries (such as the USA).
- Because cholera and typhoid are not commonly found in the U.S. Gulf States
area, it is very unlikely that they would occur after Hurricane Katrina.
[2] CDC: Protect Your Health and Safety After a Hurricane
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/recovery.asp
[3] CDC: Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals Advising Travelers to
Hurricane Affected Areas in the United States. This information is
current as of today, 4 Sep 2005, 07:13:00 PM.
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/hurricane/guidance_hp_travelers.htm
[4] U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
https://volunteer.ccrf.hhs.gov
Physicians and other medical professionals with any state license who
can commit to short-term, long-term or rotating coverage are urgently
needed in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
If you are a Healthcare Professional interested in volunteering your
services to the relief effort, visit the Health Care Professionals
and Relief Personnel Volunteer Page (URL above) to sign up.
You can also call (866) 528-6334.
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Jack Woodall
Associate Editor, ProMED-mail
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A ProMED-mail post
http://www.promedmail.org
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
http://www.isid.org
Sponsored in part by Elsevier, publisher of
Drug Resistance Updates
http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/drup
Date: Sun 4 Sep 2005
From: ProMED-mailpromed@promedmail.org
Doctors on the scene are seeing some cases of diarrhea and skin infections.
Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans appeared today on CNN saying that mosquitoes
are breeding there and will be feeding on dead bodies and spreading disease.
He is wrong; mosquitoes are not attracted to dead bodies, since they feed on
blood.
For further information, the following links are provided as a public service:
[1] CDC: After a Hurricane: Key Facts About Infectious Disease
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/infectiousdisease.asp
Includes:
- Decaying bodies create very little risk for major disease outbreaks.
- Outbreaks of infectious diseases following hurricanes are rare in developed
countries (such as the USA).
- Because cholera and typhoid are not commonly found in the U.S. Gulf States
area, it is very unlikely that they would occur after Hurricane Katrina.
[2] CDC: Protect Your Health and Safety After a Hurricane
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/recovery.asp
[3] CDC: Interim Guidance for Healthcare Professionals Advising Travelers to
Hurricane Affected Areas in the United States. This information is
current as of today, 4 Sep 2005, 07:13:00 PM.
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/hurricane/guidance_hp_travelers.htm
[4] U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
https://volunteer.ccrf.hhs.gov
Physicians and other medical professionals with any state license who
can commit to short-term, long-term or rotating coverage are urgently
needed in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
If you are a Healthcare Professional interested in volunteering your
services to the relief effort, visit the Health Care Professionals
and Relief Personnel Volunteer Page (URL above) to sign up.
You can also call (866) 528-6334.
--
Jack Woodall
Associate Editor, ProMED-mail
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