title: History of U.S. military contributions to the study of parasitic diseases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Division, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Crum
authors.forename: Naomi E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Aronson
authors.forename: Edith R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Lederman
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rusnak
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cross
mesh_terms: 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