Gastrointestinal illnesses among French forces deployed to Djibouti: French Military Health Surveillance, 2005-2009

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 944-950

  Ollivier, Lénaïck ^a,c   Decam, Christophe ^b,c   De Santi, Vincent Pommier ^b,c   Darar, Houssein Y ^c,d   Dia, Aïssata ^b,c   Nevin, Remington L ^c,e   Romand, Olivier ^a,c   Bougère, Jacques ^c,f   Deparis, Xavier ^b,c   Boutin, Jean Paul ^b,c  

^a Service de Santé des Forces Françaises   (Djibouti)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^c Programme National de Lutte Contre le VIH SIDA   (Djibouti)

^d Hopital General Peltier   (Djibouti)

^e Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center   (United States)

^f HMC Bouffard SP 85024 ^*  (Djibouti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; BOTULISM; BRUCELLOSIS; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; LISTERIOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MORBIDITY; PARATYPHOID FEVER; POLIOMYELITIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLOSIS; SOLDIER; TYPHOID FEVER; ARTICLE; DJIBOUTI; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; TIME; TRAVEL;

DJIBOUTI; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 79952254171     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0190     Document Type: Review

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