Volume : III, Issue : III, March - 2013

Infectious Disease Risk from Dead Bodies of Natural Disasters

S. S. Patil, K. L. Karkare, I. B. Ghorade

Abstract :

The assumed infectious disease risk that a dead body [cadavers] poses has been discrete by science through numerous observations, epidemiological investigations and scientific evidence, which while scare, is documented. The fundamental epidemiological fact is overlooked that these diseases are not transmitted by most infections agent as they don’t survive beyond 48 hrs in a cadaver. The research reviews existing literature to assess the risk of infectious disease transmission from cadavers following natural disasters to the handlers and the precautions that should be taken. The present study compared the natural disaster which can give all possible infectious diseases risk will be help full for the people of new generation to minimize the possible effects of diseases.

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S. S. Patil,K. L. Karkare,I. B. Ghorade Infectious Disease Risk from Dead Bodies of Natural Disasters Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.III March 2013

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