title: [Analysis of the intestinal infectious diseases occurring in the past ten years in a military unit].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the causes of intestinal infectious diseases in a military unit in the past 10 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of these diseases were acquired from a disease control and prevention center of a military command, including the epidemic cards, the first pages of medical record and investigation reports of the infectious diseases. Statistical analysis was performed after summarization of the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 1992 to 2001, 3 612 cases of intestinal infectious diseases were reported in the military unit, most of which were bacillary dysentery (32.40%), hepatitis A (26.80%), typhoid (14.34%) and infectious diarrhea (7.34%), and 40.13% of them were intestinal infectious diseases. Fifteen epidemic outbreaks were documented from 1988 to 2002, including 9 arising from water and 6 from food contamination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intestinal infectious diseases are seasonal and strict food and water hygiene should be maintained.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Digestive Diseases of PLA, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Ya-dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shi-wang
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*