TY - JOUR AU - Gayer, Michelle AU - Legros, Dominique AU - Formenty, Pierre AU - Connolly, Maire A. T1 - Conflict and Emerging Infectious Diseases T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 11 SP - 1625 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Detection and control of emerging infectious diseases in conflict situations are major challenges due to multiple risk factors known to enhance emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. These include inadequate surveillance and response systems, destroyed infrastructure, collapsed health systems and disruption of disease control programs, and infection control practices even more inadequate than those in resource-poor settings, as well as ongoing insecurity and poor coordination among humanitarian agencies. This article outlines factors that potentiate emergence and transmission of infectious diseases in conflict situations and highlights several priority actions for their containment and control. KW - Communicable diseases KW - emerging KW - epidemiology KW - conflict KW - surveillance KW - outbreaks KW - war KW - perspective DO - 10.3201/eid1311.061093 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/11/06-1093_article ER - End of Reference