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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor – 2 hrs 51 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An earthquake killing up to 200,000 people would have been bad enough anywhere, but in Haiti, where AIDS,tuberculosis and malaria are rampant, children are malnourished and hygiene is already a challenge, it may create one of the worst medical disasters ever.

Medical teams pouring in to set up mobile hospitals say they are already overwhelmed by the casualties and fear the worst is yet to come as infection and disease take hold.

"The number one risk is always bacterial infections where they haveopen wounds," said Josh Ruxin, a Columbia University public health expert living and working in Rwanda.

Haitian government officials said the death toll from Tuesday's magnitude 7 quake was likely to be between 100,000 and 200,000, and no one has even begun to get a count of injuries, which include crushed or amputated limbs, compound fractures and lacerations.

Without quick treatment, these wounds will become infected. "Things are going to get much much worse before they are going to get better," Ruxin said.