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T1 0-48 Sentence denotes Infectious disease risk from the Syrian conflict
T2 50-58 Sentence denotes Abstract
T3 61-232 Sentence denotes 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.
T4 233-314 Sentence denotes 5 However, these reports merely reflect the drastic deterioration in health care.
T5 315-662 Sentence denotes A recent report from Mé decins Sans Frontiè res 6 highlights not only the destruction of health care facilities and the difficulties in treating injured people, but also describes the absence of childhood immunizations in many areas, lack of pharmaceuticals including antibiotics, and the lack of access to clean water and surge in diarrhea cases.
T6 663-1108 Sentence denotes Furthermore, medical facilities and staff have been deliberately targeted; 7 the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria wrote in a report this month, ''Medical personnel and hospitals have been deliberately targeted and are treated by parties to the conflict as military objectives.'' 8, 9 The conflict is expected to reverse the recent gains seen in the falling infant mortality rate and increased childhood immunization rate.
T7 1109-1225 Sentence denotes 10 Under these circumstances a surge in infectious diseases in both Syria and neighboring countries can be expected.
T8 1226-1333 Sentence denotes A novel coronavirus with a high mortality has been described in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, and Jordan.
T9 1334-1457 Sentence denotes 11 So far, the virus infection has shown a high mortality, and person to person transmission has been seen within a family.
T10 1458-1545 Sentence denotes 12 As at July 8, 2013, 80 cases have been diagnosed, with a fatal outcome in 45 deaths.
T11 1546-1638 Sentence denotes 28 A recent case diagnosed in Italy was infected in Jordan, as were some of the first cases.
T12 1639-1757 Sentence denotes 13 Thus the MERS-CoV may also exist in Syria, and the refugee camps pose a particular threat to airborne transmission.
T13 1758-1889 Sentence denotes At present the reservoir of the infection is not known and neither are its transmission potential and the proportion of mild cases.
T14 1890-2035 Sentence denotes Hepatitis A virus, enterovirus, and bacterial infections due to Salmonella, Shigella, and Escherichia coli will appear due to contaminated water.
T15 2036-2131 Sentence denotes Upper respiratory tract infections will increase and epidemics of influenza are to be expected.
T16 2132-2252 Sentence denotes The crowded living conditions combined with a lack of health care facilities will result in an increase in tuberculosis.
T17 2253-2359 Sentence denotes In 2009 it was estimated that Syria had 26 (range 22-31) new cases of tuberculosis per 100 000 population.
T18 2360-2453 Sentence denotes 14 Influenza is a threat and if introduced will probably spread rapidly in the refugee camps.
T19 2454-2565 Sentence denotes Infections with common soil helminths such as Ascaris are expected to increase and cholera is an imminent risk.
T20 2566-2624 Sentence denotes Skin infections like scabies are expected to be prevalent.
T21 2625-2801 Sentence denotes Schistosoma haematobium is found in the governorate of Al-Raqqah in Syria, whereas Turkey and Lebanon are free of schistosomiasis and there are only a few foci found in Jordan.
T22 2802-2931 Sentence denotes 15 With the poor sanitary conditions in the refugee camps, contamination of fresh water sources from infected refugees is a risk.
T23 2932-3178 Sentence denotes The childhood vaccination program is not functioning in areas affected by the war, but the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has supported vaccination in refugee camps and populations living close to refugee camps against measles and polio.
T24 3179-3251 Sentence denotes 16 A measles and polio vaccination campaign began in late November 2012.
T25 3252-3398 Sentence denotes As of December 12, 2012, 948 000 children had been vaccinated against polio and over 772 000 against measles, with the campaign still in progress.
T26 3399-3776 Sentence denotes 16 The Ministry of Health of Jordan in collaboration with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) completed a vaccination campaign against measles at the Zaatari refugee camp in April 2013, immunizing 98% of the target population of some 90 000 people -mainly new arrivals -between the ages of 6 months and 30 years.
T27 3777-3779 Sentence denotes 17
T28 3781-3854 Sentence denotes Several reports indicate that cutaneous leishmaniasis in on the increase.
T29 3855-3951 Sentence denotes Cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania tropica, and 30 000 cases were reported in 2008.
T30 3952-4051 Sentence denotes 18 Visceral leishmaniasis is rare but is found in Aleppo and from there towards the Turkish border.
T31 4052-4134 Sentence denotes The reservoir for L. tropica is small rodents and for Leishmania infantum is dogs.
T32 4135-4137 Sentence denotes 17
T33 4139-4343 Sentence denotes Dengue is endemic in the western and southern regions of Saudi Arabia, 19 and the presence of the vector for dengue fever, Aedes albopictus, was reported from Lebanon and Syria for the first time in 2007.
T34 4344-4439 Sentence denotes 20 There is a real risk of the emergence of dengue fever in Syria under the present conditions.
T35 4440-4485 Sentence denotes Syria was endemic for malaria until recently.
T36 4486-4657 Sentence denotes In the World Malaria Report for 2005 only limited transmission in a few areas in the northeastern part of the country towards the border with Turkey and Iraq was reported.
T37 4658-4829 Sentence denotes 21 Malaria in Turkey has been largely controlled, and in 2011 only four relapses of Plasmodium vivax were reported; Turkey aimed to interrupt malaria transmission by 2012.
T38 4830-4967 Sentence denotes 22 Thus the risk of large outbreaks of malaria is limited, as transmission has almost been controlled in Syria and neighboring countries.
T39 4968-5092 Sentence denotes However, a transmission potential exists and a febrile patient with no specific symptoms should be investigated for malaria.
T40 5093-5262 Sentence denotes There is little doubt that rabies circulation in animals, especially dogs, is increasing in Syria, with an expected increased risk of rabies in the human population too.
T41 5263-5380 Sentence denotes Rabies in dogs appears widespread, as is apparent from information gathered on the Israeli side of the Syrian border.
T42 5381-5485 Sentence denotes 23 From 2005 to 2012 Syria reported between two and 16 outbreaks in animals annually and 16 human cases.
T43 5486-5488 Sentence denotes 24
T44 5490-5659 Sentence denotes CCHF is a viral zoonotic disease transmitted by ixodid ticks and has been increasing in Turkey; 25 livestock has been identified as the source of infection in one study.
T45 5660-5662 Sentence denotes 26
T46 5664-5757 Sentence denotes Breakdown in veterinary public health systems will result in the re-emergence of brucellosis.
T47 5758-5839 Sentence denotes 27 Brucellosis is common in cattle and sheep in Jordan and is also seen in goats.
T48 5840-5913 Sentence denotes 15 With a lack of veterinary control, brucellosis will increase in Syria.
T49 5914-6127 Sentence denotes Many of the infections like leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, and brucellosis have a long incubation time and refugees will have these infections with them, with the risk of reintroducing them in neighboring countries.
T50 6128-6265 Sentence denotes An increase in cases of leishmaniasis has already been reported from Syria and will most probably also be seen in the refugee population.
T51 6266-6391 Sentence denotes Epidemics of bacterial meningitis and gastrointestinal infections like hepatitis A, enterovirus, and Giardia can be expected.
T52 6392-6413 Sentence denotes Conflict of interest:
T53 6414-6449 Sentence denotes No conflict of interest to declare.