Hookworm infections in the Military
Abstract Soil-transmitted helminths such as hookworm are rarely a problem for military units unless they directly contact faecally contaminated soil during tropical operations. Localised epidemics incapacitating small infantry units have been recorded in the Solomon Islands and Bougainville during World War II and in Vietnam, Grenada and Sierra Leone more recently. Scattered hookworm infection cases […]
Infectious Disease Mortality in Deployed Soldiers during the Spanish American War
The Spanish–American War In 2014, the US Army deployed 2500 soldiers into Liberia, West Africa, as part of a global response to an Ebola outbreak. Despite the fear of viral spread from civilians, no cases of Ebola occurred in US or UK military members, and very few febrile soldiers were seen with other complaints.1 The […]