Hari Shankar
Dr. Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College, India
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Med Surg Pathol
In August 2018, severe floods affected 12 districts of Kerala, displacing >8,00,000 people and exposing a large population to contaminated flood water. Considering the threat of leptospirosis outbreaks, health authorities initiated chemo-prophylaxis with doxycycline/azithromycin, targeting individuals exposed to flood or stagnated water. We conducted a rapid assessment to estimate the coverage of doxycycline chemoprophylaxis among flood affected areas of Kozhikode district.
