title: Oscar Costa-Mandry and posthurricane bacillary dysentery.
abstract: After the recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita, outbreaks of waterborne viral and bacterial diseases were expected. Dr. Oscar Costa-Mandry, a Puerto Rican bacteriologist and epidemiologist in the 1930s, identified the relationship between hurricanes and epidemic bacillary dysentery in townships that were directly affected by hurricanes.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Associates CSP, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. bchristenson64@netscape.net
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Christenson
mesh_terms: D001566:Benzocaine; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D001566:Benzocaine