title: Military tropical medicine.
abstract: Tropical diseases remain a significant threat to deployed military personnel as demonstrated by recent outbreaks amongst troops in Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. Five cases are presented from military deployments in tropical or sub-tropical areas, which illustrate important diseases and diagnostic principles for military physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK. mark@ramc.org
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000346:Afghanistan; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012807:Sierra Leone; D014330:Tropical Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom