Principales enfermedades infecciosas en Centroamerica durante 1998, antes y despues de Mitch / Most common infectious diseases affecting Central America during 1998, before and after Mitch

ABSTRACT

We look at the epidemiology of the most common infectious diseases that in 1998 affected the countries of Central America most seriously damaged by Hurricane Mitch Belice, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Incidence and mortality figures and fatality rates for cholera, dengue, malaria, and leptospirosis, before and after the hurricane, come from data provided by each country's ministry of Health (AU)