The public health planners' perfect storm: Hurricane Matthew and Zika virus

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages 63-66

  Ahmed, Qanta A ^a,b   Memish, Ziad A ^c  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Hurricane; Natural disaster; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FLOODING; FLORIDA; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO VECTOR; NATURAL DISASTER; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL; WEATHER; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; DISASTER; DISEASE CARRIER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; FLORIDA; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; UNITED STATES; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85009471476     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.12.004     Document Type: Note

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