Diarrhea outbreak during U.S. military training in El Salvador

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Kasper, Matthew R ^a   Lescano, Andres G ^a,d   Lucas, Carmen ^a   Gilles, Duncan ^b   Biese, Brian J ^c   Stolovitz, Gary ^c   Reaves, Erik J ^a  

^a Peru   (Peru)

^b Madigan Healthcare System   (United States)

^c 452nd Combat Support Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EL SALVADOR; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEMATOCHEZIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MILITARY SERVICE; NAUSEA; NIPAH VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLA; SOLDIER; TRAINING; VOMITING;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SANITATION; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 84864023849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040404     Document Type: Article

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