دورية
The public health response to microbiological hazards after the canterbury earthquakes
| العنوان: | The public health response to microbiological hazards after the canterbury earthquakes |
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| المؤلفون: | Brunton, Cheryl, Humphrey, Alistair, Pink, Ramon |
| المصدر: | Pathology; January 2012, Vol. 44 Issue: 1, Number 1 Supplement 1 pS45-S45, 1p |
| مستخلص: | The city of Christchurch and the wider Canterbury region recently experienced two major destructive earthquakes, the first in September 2010 and the second in February 2011, both followed by thousands of aftershocks. Christchurch has an untreated artesian water supply and the earthquakes resulted in major disruption to its wells, reservoirs and water distribution networks. The major wastewater treatment plant was also badly damaged, as were sewerage networks with extensive raw sewage discharges into rivers and the ocean. Ground liquefaction was extensive and created additional hazards with contaminated silt being almost ubiquitous. Despite these hazards and the extent and duration of the disruption to vital public health infrastructure, no outbreaks of gastro-intestinal or respiratory infection occurred in the aftermath of the earthquakes. |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Supplemental Index |
| تدمد: | 00313025 14653931 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/S0031-3025(16)32704-0 |