Infectious disease risk from the Syrian conflict

Abstract


The breakdown of health care in Syria under the present conflict has been highlighted in ProMED reports on the increasing risk of leishmaniasis [1] [2] [3] [4] and rabies. 5 However, these reports merely reflect the drastic deterioration in health care. A recent report from Mé decins Sans Frontiè res 6 highlights not only the destruction of health care facilities and the difficulti