# Urban flooding as a biohazard risk: A call to address environmental and health inequities in tropical cities

**Authors:** Marco Coral-Almeida, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez

PMC · DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013981 · PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases · 2026-02-17

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- **Diseases:** Cryptosporidium (MESH:D003457), chromoblastomycosis (MESH:D002862), blastomycosis (MESH:D001759), gastrointestinal illness (MESH:D005767), infections (MESH:D007239), mucormycosis (MESH:D009091), tropical diseases (MESH:D015493), soil (MESH:D005242), enteric infections (MESH:D004751), Vector (MESH:D000079426), fungal infections (MESH:D009181), malaria (MESH:D008288), infectious diseases (MESH:D003141), dermatophytosis (MESH:D014005), respiratory infections (MESH:D012141), diseases (MESH:D004194), schistosomiasis (MESH:D012552), waterborne diseases (MESH:D000069578), West Nile fever (MESH:D014901), Legionella (MESH:D007877), leptospirosis (MESH:D007922), Dengue (MESH:D003715), NTDs (MESH:D058069), NTD (MESH:D009436), Rift Valley fever (MESH:D012295), flood (MESH:C565009)
- **Species:** Ascaris lumbricoides (common roundworm, species) [taxon 6252], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Shigella (genus) [taxon 620], Ancylostoma duodenale (species) [taxon 51022], Salmonella (genus) [taxon 590], Escherichia coli (E. coli, species) [taxon 562], Trichuris trichiura (human whipworm, species) [taxon 36087], Necator americanus (New World hookworm, species) [taxon 51031], Giardia (genus) [taxon 5740]

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