Conflicts in Gaza and around the world create a perfect storm for infectious disease outbreaks

John E Kearney¹, Natalie Thiel¹, Arian El-Taher¹, Sabreen Akhter², David A Townes^{3

4}, Indi Trehan^{2

3

5}, Paul S Pottinger⁶

Affiliations

¹ University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
³ Department of Global Health, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

John E Kearney et al. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 7;4(2):e0002927.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002927. eCollection 2024.

John E Kearney¹, Natalie Thiel¹, Arian El-Taher¹, Sabreen Akhter², David A Townes^{3

4}, Indi Trehan^{2

3

5}, Paul S Pottinger⁶

¹ University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
³ Department of Global Health, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Indi Trehan is on the editorial board for PLOS Global Public Health. Otherwise, the authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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