Oscar Costa-Mandry and posthurricane bacillary dysentery.
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Abstract
After the recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita, outbreaks of waterborne viral and bacterial diseases were expected. Dr. Oscar Costa-Mandry, a Puerto Rican bacteriologist and epidemiologist in the 1930s, identified the relationship between hurricanes and epidemic bacillary dysentery in townships that were directly affected by hurricanes.
Medical subject headings
- Benzocaine
- Disease Outbreaks
- Dysentery, Bacillary