A prospective study of acute diarrhea in a cohort of United States military personnel on deployment to the Multinational Force and Observers, Sinai, Egypt

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-64

  Riddle, Mark S ^a   Rockabrand, David M ^b   Schlett, Carey ^c   Monteville, Marshall R ^b   Frenck, Robert W ^d   Romine, Marcy ^e   Ahmed, Salwa F ^b   Sanders, John W ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EGYPT; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; DIARRHEA; FECES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FECES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952264060     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0093     Document Type: Article

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