TY - JOUR
T1 - Respiratory diseases among U.S. Military personnel
T2 - Countering emerging threats
AU - Gray, Gregory C.
AU - Callahan, Johnny D.
AU - Hawksworth, Anthony W.
AU - Fisher, Carol A.
AU - Gaydos, Joel C.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Emerging respiratory disease agents, increased antibiotic resistance, and the loss of effective vaccines threaten to increase the incidence of respiratory disease in military personnel. We examine six respiratory pathogens (adenoviruses, influenza viruses, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Bordetella pertussis) and review the impact of the diseases they cause, past efforts to control these diseases in U.S. military personnel, as well as current treatment and surveillance strategies, limitations in diagnostic testing, and vaccine needs.
AB - Emerging respiratory disease agents, increased antibiotic resistance, and the loss of effective vaccines threaten to increase the incidence of respiratory disease in military personnel. We examine six respiratory pathogens (adenoviruses, influenza viruses, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Bordetella pertussis) and review the impact of the diseases they cause, past efforts to control these diseases in U.S. military personnel, as well as current treatment and surveillance strategies, limitations in diagnostic testing, and vaccine needs.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033067552&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid0503.990308
DO - 10.3201/eid0503.990308
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10341174
AN - SCOPUS:0033067552
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 5
SP - 379
EP - 387
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 3
ER -