Fever, headache, and myalgias after deployment to the Philippines

Military Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1188-1193

  Trayers III, Frederick J ^a   Simon, John ^b   Praske, Steven P ^c   Christopher, Kevi L ^c  

^a 1st Marine Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Expeditionary Strike Group Seven

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; HEADACHE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; REST; REVIEW; RICKETS;

EID: 57449087975     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.173.12.1188     Document Type: Review

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