Gulf War Syndrome: potential role of infectious diseases.
Following the 1991 war with Iraq, some US, British, and Canadian veterans began experiencing diverse symptoms, which have been characterized as a possible 'Gulf War Syndrome'. Although veterans have been found to have a variety of illnesses, neither the existence nor etiology of a unique syndrome has been confirmed. In this review of current literature, the potential for infectious diseases to cause health problems nearly a decade after the Gulf War is evaluated.
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Epidemiology Division, US Naval Medical Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA.