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Viral outbreaks and communicable health hazards due to devastating floods in Pakistan
Umar Saeed, Zahra Zahid Piracha, Department of International Affairs and Education, Jeonju University, Jeonju-si 560011-561870, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Umar Saeed, Zahra Zahid Piracha, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon-si 16222-16713, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Author contributions: Saeed U wrote this letter; Piracha ZZ revised the letter.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Umar Saeed, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, San 5, Woncheon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si 16222-16713, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. umarsaeed15@yahoo.com
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Received: December 9, 2015
Peer-review started: December 10, 2015
First decision: January 18, 2016
Revised: January 23, 2016
Accepted: February 16, 2016
Article in press: February 17, 2016
Published online: May 12, 2016
Peer-review started: December 10, 2015
First decision: January 18, 2016
Revised: January 23, 2016
Accepted: February 16, 2016
Article in press: February 17, 2016
Published online: May 12, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: In Pakistan every year monsoon brings havoc in term of devastating flood. Lack of management skills results in increased transmission of waterborne diseases, vector borne diseases and viral outbreaks. Due to severe flooding, thousands of people lose their lives and millions are displaced each year. In most of the cases the children who lose their family members are forced into illegal professions of begging, child labor and prostitution which make them prone to sexually transmitted infections.