Marine with malaria on terminal leave after deployments to Iraq and Liberia.
A case report is presented for a 22-year-old male Marine who developed clinical symptoms of malaria while on terminal leave. His exposure history has included operational deployments to Liberia and Iraq. His care was complicated by his terminal leave status, which required detailed coordination with civilian providers as well as military authorities.
Bohnker
Bruce
B
Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Two, Norfolk, VA, USA.
O'Donnell
Robert
R
Fifer
Gordon
G
Thurston
Donald
D
Malakooti
Mark
M
D000328:Adult; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D007988:Liberia; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D014481:United States