descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2009 English Publisher:BMJJournal:Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, volume 155, pages 34-37 (issn: 0035-8665, eissn: 2052-0468,

Authors: M S, Bailey; C J, Ellis;

doi: 10.1136/jramc-155-01-11

pmid: 19817088

Military Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

Tropical diseases remain a significant threat to deployed military personnel as demonstrated by recent outbreaks amongst troops in Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. Five cases are presented from military deployments in tropical or sub-tropical areas, which illustrate important diseases and diagnostic principles for military physicians.

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Adult, Male, Hepatitis, Viral, Human, Sarcoidosis, Afghanistan, Middle Aged, Fever of Unknown Origin, United Kingdom, Sierra Leone, Dengue, Diagnosis, Differential, Myiasis, Military Personnel, Tropical Medicine, Iraq, Humans, Female

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