Natural disasters and infectious disease in Europe: a literature review to identify cascading risk pathways.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Natural disasters are increasing in their frequency and complexity. Understanding how their cascading effects can lead to infectious disease outbreaks is important for developing cross-sectoral preparedness strategies. The review focussed on earthquakes and floods because of their importance in Europe and their potential to elucidate the pathways through which natural disasters can lead to infectious disease outbreaks.

Methods

A systematic literature review complemented by a call for evidence was conducted to identify earthquake or flooding events in Europe associated with potential infectious disease events.

Results

This review included 17 peer-reviewed papers that reported on suspected and confirmed infectious disease outbreaks following earthquakes (4 re

SUBMITTER: Suk JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7536539 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature