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Dengue And Hurricane Reconstruction - Text 2002, Frank Cortez Flores
Dengue And Hurricane Reconstruction - Text 2002, Frank Cortez Flores
Frank Cortez Flores
Unrelenting rains and savage winds, which accompany hurricanes, produce devastating mudslides and sustained flooding. In the wake of hurricanes, thousands of inhabitants face the plight of a greatly diminished capacity to go about their daily lives as a result of destroyed or severely-damaged homes, deteriorated living conditions, and increased health risks. Hurricanes inevitably aggravate the frail health of an already vulnerable segment of the population living both in and outside its destructive path. Repeated epidemics of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever afflicting millions of individuals occur annually in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, including The Caribbean and Central …
"Dengue, Aedes Aegypti, And Hurricane Reconstruction - A Slide Presentation, Frank Cortez Flores
"Dengue, Aedes Aegypti, And Hurricane Reconstruction - A Slide Presentation, Frank Cortez Flores
Frank Cortez Flores
My primary public health interest is the reemerging arboviral infections (e.g., dengue fever) that are increasing in incidence, expanding into new geographic areas, affecting new populations, and are threatening to increase in the near future, especially following natural disasters. The goal of the dengue lecture series is to promote the recognition of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever and improve the understanding of factors involved in prevention, surveillance and control of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the principal mosquito vector of dengue virus. The paramount purpose of this lecture is to accelerate learning and development of an effective dengue prevention and control …