Natural disasters may lead to infectious disease outbreaks when they result in substantial
population displacement and exacerbate synergic risk factors (change in the environment, in …

MATERIALS AND METHODS We developed a search algorithm to identify the published
literature concerning the health impacts of flood events. A search was made of the BIDS …

The relationship between natural disasters and communicable diseases is frequently
misconstrued. The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that …

OBJECTIVES: Leptospirosis continues to be a significant zoonosis of the developing world.
Globalization, in the context of international travel, particularly for recreational activities and …

Flooding is one of the most widespread of climatic hazards and poses multiple risks to
human health, yet there has been little systematic research work on health outcomes and …

Leptospirosis is probably the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world especially in
tropical countries. There has been an increase in individual studies, which assessed the …

Climate change will affect the health of urban populations. It represents a range of
environmental hazards and will affect populations where the current burden of climate …

A recent upsurge in leptospirosis in travellers has prompted the following review of the
epidemiology of this infection in humans. The available data from the published literature as …

Exposure to soil or water contaminated with the urine of Leptospira-infected animals is the
most common way in which humans contract leptospirosis. Entire populations can be at high …

This special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is
dedicated to leptospirosis, an endemic zoonotic disease that is a cause of many acute …