¿Las personas muertas pueden transmitir enfermedades?
La creencia de que los cadáveres son una amenaza inmediata para la salud es uno de los mitos más comunes en los casos de desastres naturales, como el reciente Tsunami del sur de Asia, donde murió un cuarto de millón de personas.
Normalmente, las bacterias que descomponen los cadáveres no son las mismas que causan las infecciones que, por cierto, no pueden vivir mucho tiempo en un cuerpo sin vida.
Hay una excepción: el virus del sida, que es capaz de alojarse en un cadáver durante 16 años.
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