Acute gastrointestinal infection, respiratory illness, and noncombat injury among US military personnel during operation bright star 2005, in Northern Egypt

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 392-401

  Riddle, Mark S ^a   Halvorson, Heather A ^b   Shiau, Danny ^b   Althoff, Juliann ^b   Monteville, Marshall R ^c   Shaheen, Hind ^c   Horvath, Edward P ^d   Armstrong, Adam W ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^d US Army Reserves   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH SALICYLATE; LOPERAMIDE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHIGELLA; SOLDIER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 35948972356     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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