Flooding and Infectious Diseases
Yoshio Iijima Ph.D.
Director General
Kobe Institute of Health
Novak Djokovic
Ana Ivanovic
Monica Seles
Flooding and Health Risks
Infectious Diseases
Water-borne Diseases
Vector-borne Diseases
Wounds Infections
Chemical Hazards
Injuries
Drowning
Animal and Insect Bites
Electrical Hazards
Wounds
Infectious diseases
Water-borne diseases, such as
typhoid fever, cholera, leptospirosis, and
hepatitis A
Vector-borne diseases, such as
malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and
West Nile fever
Typhoid fever
Causative agent:
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi
The incubation period:
1-2 weeks
Symptoms:
Poor appetite
Headaches
Fever as high as 40 ℃
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Lethargy
Typhoid
Typhoid fever
Causative agent:
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi
The incubation period:
1-2 weeks
Symptoms:
Poor appetite
Headaches
Fever as high as 40 ℃
Abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Lethargy
Cholera
Causative agent:
Vibrio cholerae
The incubation period:
1 day, sometimes up to 3 days
Symptoms:
Watery diarrhea
Vomiting
Dehydration
Low blood pressure
Cholera
Stool specimens of cholera patients
A victim by cholera
Cholera pods
Leptospirosis
Causative agent:
Genus Leptospira
The incubation period:
3 days - 14 days
Symptoms:
high fever
severe headache
chills
muscle aches
vomiting
red eyes, etc.
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis
Causative agent:
Genus Leptospira
The incubation period:
3 days - 14 days
Symptoms:
high fever
severe headache
chills
muscle aches
vomiting
red eyes, etc.
Infection routes of Leptospira
Hepatitis A
Causative agent:
Hepatitis A virus
The incubation period:
2 weeks - 4 weeks
Symptoms:
Fatigue
Fever
Nausea
Appetite loss
Yellowing of skin
Diarrhea
Hepatitis A
What is the most dangerous animal on the earth?
Mosquito-borne diseases
Mosquitos transmits parasitic disease such as malaria and
Lymphatic filariasis and viral diseases such as dengue fever,
yellow fever, Chikungunya, Rift Valley fever, and West Nile fever.
Malaria
Lymphatic filariasis
Dengue fever
Dengue fever and Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Dengue fever
Yellow fever
Chikungunya
Rift Valley fever
West Nile fever
The reservoir of West Nile virus includes
wild birds and mosquitos.
Vectors transmitting infectious diseases
Mosquitoes
Ticks
Black flies
Sandflies
Triatomine bugs
Aquatic snails
Tsetse flies
Fleas