History of U.S. military contributions to the study of parasitic diseases.
U.S. military researchers have made major contributions to the discovery, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of a number of parasitic diseases. We review the paramount U.S. military contributions to the understanding of leishmaniasis, filariasis, schistosomiasis, trypanosomiasis, gastrointestinal parasites, intestinal capillariasis, and angiostrongyliasis.
Crum
Nancy F
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Infectious Disease Division, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
Aronson
Naomi E
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Lederman
Edith R
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Rusnak
Janice M
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Cross
John H
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States