Diarrheal disease among military personnel during Operation Restore Hope, Somalia, 1992-1993

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 52; no. 2; p. 188
• Main Authors: Sharp, T W, Thornton, S A, Wallace, M R, Defraites, R F, Sanchez, J L, Batchelor, R A, Rozmajzl, P J, Hanson, R K, Echeverria, P, Kapikian, A Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.1995
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Diarrhea - epidemiology; Diarrhea - etiology; Disease Outbreaks; Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology; Dysentery, Bacillary - etiology; Escherichia coli - isolation & purification; Escherichia coli Infections - epidemiology; Feces - microbiology; Feces - parasitology; Gastroenteritis - epidemiology; Gastroenteritis - etiology; Humans; Military Personnel; Risk Factors; Shigella - isolation & purification; Somalia - epidemiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; Somalia; United States

The potential for widespread diarrheal disease was regarded as a substantial threat to U.S. troops participating in the early phases of Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. Outpatient surveillance of 20,859 U.S. troops deployed during the first eight weeks, however, indicated that a mean of only 0.8%...