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- Title
Respiratory diseases among U.S. military personnel: countering emerging threats.
- Authors
Gray, Gregory C.; Callahan, Johnny D.; Hawksworth, Anthony W.; Fisher, Carol A.; Gaydos, Joel C.; Gray, G C; Callahan, J D; Hawksworth, A W; Fisher, C A; Gaydos, J C
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; DISEASES in military personnel; RESPIRATORY diseases
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999, Vol 5, Issue 3, p379
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid0503.990308