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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Serological evidence of arboviral infection and self-reported febrile illness among U.S. troops deployed to Al Asad, Iraq
Epidemiology and Infection, Volume 136, No. 5, Year 2008
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Understanding the epidemiology of current health threats to deployed U.S. troops is important for medical assessment and planning. As part of a 2004 study among U.S. military personnel deployed to Al Asad Air Base, in the western Anbar Province of Iraq, over 500 subjects were enrolled, provided a blood specimen, and completed a questionnaire regarding history of febrile illness during this deployment (average ∼4 months in country). This mid-deployment serum was compared to pre-deployment samples (collected ∼3 months prior to deployment) and evaluated for seroconversion to a select panel of regional arboviral pathogens. At least one episode of febrile illness was reported in 84/504 (17%) of the troops surveyed. Seroconversion was documented in nine (2%) of deployed forces tested, with no association to febrile illness. Self-reported febrile illness was uncommon although often debilitating, and the risk of illness due to arbovirus infections was relatively low. © 2007 Cambridge University Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Riddle, Mark S.
United States, Bethesda
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Egypt, Cairo
U.s. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Egypt
United States, Silver Spring
Naval Medical Research Center
Althoff, Juliann
United States, Bethesda
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Earhart, Kenneth C.
Egypt, Cairo
Virology and Zoonotic Diseases Program
Monteville, Marshall R.
Egypt, Cairo
Virology and Zoonotic Diseases Program
Yingst, Samuel L.
Egypt, Cairo
Virology and Zoonotic Diseases Program
Mohareb, Emad W.
Egypt, Cairo
Virology and Zoonotic Diseases Program
Putnam, Shannon D.
Indonesia, Jakarta
U.s. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, Jakarta
Sanders, John Walton
United States, Bethesda
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Statistics
Citations: 13
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S0950268807009016
ISSN:
09502688
e-ISSN:
14694409
Research Areas
Environmental