TY - JOUR
T1 - Infections Associated with War
T2 - the American Forces Experience in Iraq and Afghanistan
AU - Aronson, Naomi E.
PY - 2008/9/15
Y1 - 2008/9/15
N2 - Infectious diseases and war have been intertwined throughout history. Trauma-related complications, food- and water-borne diseases, endemic zoonoses, and respiratory and vector-borne infections characterize specific types of challenges to the health of the American Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). This review centers on subacute infections that may present or persist upon redeployment to the United States and those that may be less familiar to the American medical community. These include Q fever, tuberculosis, malaria, leishmaniasis, brucellosis, endemic arboviruses, diarrhea, and wound infections with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
AB - Infectious diseases and war have been intertwined throughout history. Trauma-related complications, food- and water-borne diseases, endemic zoonoses, and respiratory and vector-borne infections characterize specific types of challenges to the health of the American Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). This review centers on subacute infections that may present or persist upon redeployment to the United States and those that may be less familiar to the American medical community. These include Q fever, tuberculosis, malaria, leishmaniasis, brucellosis, endemic arboviruses, diarrhea, and wound infections with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=50849112081&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2008.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2008.08.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:50849112081
SN - 0196-4399
VL - 30
SP - 135
EP - 140
JO - Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
JF - Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
IS - 18
ER -