Conflicts in Gaza and around the world create a perfect storm for infectious disease outbreaks

• John E. Kearney ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John E. Kearney, Natalie Thiel

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kearneje@uw.edu

  Affiliation University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8721-2994

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• Natalie Thiel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John E. Kearney, Natalie Thiel

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0101-2199

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• Arian El-Taher,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2535-2025

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• Sabreen Akhter,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0928-218X

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• David A. Townes,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8503-428X

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• Indi Trehan,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-6858

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• Paul S. Pottinger

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9143-8857

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