TY - JOUR
T1 - Communicable diseases after the disasters
T2 - With the special reference to the Great East Japan Earthquake
AU - Iwata, Kentaro
AU - Ohji, Goh
AU - Oka, Hideaki
AU - Takayama, Yoshihiro
AU - Aoyagi, Tetsuji
AU - Gu, Yoshiaki
AU - Hatta, Masumitsu
AU - Tokuda, Koichi
AU - Kaku, Mitsuo
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake - a massive temblor followed by a gigantic tsunami was associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Among many health problems such as trauma, drowning, and mental illnesses, infectious diseases may place significant burden on survivors of such disasters. Wound infections including tetanus, leptospirosis,legionellosis, rickettsiosis,respiratory infections, and diarrheal illness among other infections had been considered to be associated with earthquake and tsunami. Overall, the impact of infectious diseases after the Great East Japan Earthquake was relatively small, with only sporadic outbreaks observed. The incidence of serious infections such as tetanus, legionellosis, and tsunami lung, was also low, considering the overall impact of the earthquake and tsunami per se. This review discusses the impact of infectious diseases after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and reviews past disaster-related infections as reference.
AB - On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake - a massive temblor followed by a gigantic tsunami was associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Among many health problems such as trauma, drowning, and mental illnesses, infectious diseases may place significant burden on survivors of such disasters. Wound infections including tetanus, leptospirosis,legionellosis, rickettsiosis,respiratory infections, and diarrheal illness among other infections had been considered to be associated with earthquake and tsunami. Overall, the impact of infectious diseases after the Great East Japan Earthquake was relatively small, with only sporadic outbreaks observed. The incidence of serious infections such as tetanus, legionellosis, and tsunami lung, was also low, considering the overall impact of the earthquake and tsunami per se. This review discusses the impact of infectious diseases after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and reviews past disaster-related infections as reference.
KW - Communicable diseases
KW - The Great East Japan Earthquake
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U2 - 10.20965/jdr.2012.p0746
DO - 10.20965/jdr.2012.p0746
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84870774866
SN - 1881-2473
VL - 7
SP - 746
EP - 753
JO - Journal of Disaster Research
JF - Journal of Disaster Research
IS - 6
ER -
