Case series study of traveler's diarrhea in U.S. military personnel at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.
Military personnel with traveler's diarrhea (n=202) while deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, from June to September 2002 were evaluated for pathogen-specific immune responses. Serologic and fecal immunoglobulin A (IgA) titers to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli antigens (CS6, CS3, and LT) were quite low. In contrast, subjects with Campylobacter infections had high serologic and fecal IgA responses.
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Naval Medical Research Center, Enteric Disease Department, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD, USA. chad.porter@med.navy.mil
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D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000276:immunology*; D004403:Dysentery / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D054307:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D014195:Travel; D014421:Turkey
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G