COVID-19 and refugee camps

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102083

. 2021 Jul-Aug:42:102083.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102083. Epub 2021 May 12.

COVID-19 and refugee camps

Mohamad Bachar Ismail¹, Marwan Osman², Rayane Rafei³, Fouad Dabboussi³, Monzer Hamze⁴

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¹ Laboratoire Microbiologie, Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon; Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon.
² Laboratoire Microbiologie, Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon; Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, United States.
³ Laboratoire Microbiologie, Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon.
⁴ Laboratoire Microbiologie, Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon. Electronic address: mhamze@monzerhamze.com.

PMID: 33965623
PMCID: PMC9759995
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102083

COVID-19 and refugee camps

Mohamad Bachar Ismail et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Jul-Aug.

. 2021 Jul-Aug:42:102083.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102083. Epub 2021 May 12.

Authors

Mohamad Bachar Ismail¹, Marwan Osman², Rayane Rafei³, Fouad Dabboussi³, Monzer Hamze⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire Microbiologie, Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon; Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon.
² Laboratoire Microbiologie, Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon; Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, United States.
³ Laboratoire Microbiologie, Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon.
⁴ Laboratoire Microbiologie, Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon. Electronic address: mhamze@monzerhamze.com.

PMID: 33965623
PMCID: PMC9759995
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102083

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Keywords: COVID-19; Lebanon; Pandemic preparedness; Refugee camps.

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[1] Lee S., Wehrli Z. COVID-19 brief: impact on refugees. 2020. https://www.usglc.org/coronavirus/refugees/

[2] Lee S., Wehrli Z. COVID-19 brief: impact on refugees. 2020. https://www.usglc.org/coronavirus/refugees/

[3] UNRWA COVID-19 health breit update. 2020. https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=354e66081503459e50f2236ec&id=48913d...

[4] UNRWA COVID-19 health breit update. 2020. https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=354e66081503459e50f2236ec&id=48913d...

[5] Ebrahim S.H., Memish Z.A. COVID-19 - the role of mass gatherings. Trav Med Infect Dis. 2020;34:101617. - PMC - PubMed

[6] Ebrahim S.H., Memish Z.A. COVID-19 - the role of mass gatherings. Trav Med Infect Dis. 2020;34:101617. - PMC - PubMed

[7] Naja F., Shatila H., El Koussa M., Meho L., Ghandour L., Saleh S. Burden of non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees: a scoping review. BMC Publ Health. 2019;19(1):637. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Naja F., Shatila H., El Koussa M., Meho L., Ghandour L., Saleh S. Burden of non-communicable diseases among Syrian refugees: a scoping review. BMC Publ Health. 2019;19(1):637. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Kluge H.H.P., Jakab Z., Bartovic J., D'Anna V., Severoni S. Refugee and migrant health in the COVID-19 response. Lancet. 2020;395(10232):1237–1239. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Kluge H.H.P., Jakab Z., Bartovic J., D'Anna V., Severoni S. Refugee and migrant health in the COVID-19 response. Lancet. 2020;395(10232):1237–1239. - PMC - PubMed

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