Open AccessInfection surveillance after a natural disaster: lessons learnt from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011
Author(s) -
Osuke Iwata,
Tomoharu Oki,
Aiko Ishiki,
Masaaki Shimanuki,
Toru Fuchimukai,
Toru Chosa,
Shoichi Chida,
Yasuhide Nakamura,
Hiroji Shima,
Michihiro Kanno,
Toyojiro Matsuishi,
Mikihito Ishiki,
Daisaku Urabe
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.13.117945
Subject(s) - natural disaster , geography , medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , meteorology
On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake produced a catastrophic tsunami that devastated the city of Rikuzen-Takata and left it without an effective health infrastructure and at increased risk of outbreaks of disease.
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