Infection Diseases Following Natural Disaster in Children: Health Prevention and Assessment

Selin Uğraklı; Mehmet Özdemir; James W. Gray

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1768212

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Inhaltsverzeichnis

J Pediatr Infect Dis 2023; 18(03): 113-115
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1768212

Editorial

Infection Diseases Following Natural Disaster in Children: Health Prevention and Assessment

Selin Uğraklı

¹Department of Medical Microbiology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Türkiye

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Mehmet Özdemir

¹Department of Medical Microbiology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Türkiye

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James W. Gray

²Department of Microbiology, Birmingham Women's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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