Hepatitis B infection following deployment to Angola.
We describe the clinical illness and long-term follow up of two British personnel who acquired hepatitis B infection during a 3-month UN mission to Angola. Medical officers need to be familiar with this viral illness, which may present in military personnel after any exercise in or deployment to the tropics or subtropics.
Croft
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AM
Headquarters Fifth Division, Copthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. ashley.croft810@land.mod.uk
Ollerton
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JE
Fear
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D000328:Adult; D000810:Angola; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D006113:United Kingdom; D014480:United Nations