Military tropical medicine.
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.
Bailey
M S
MS
Department of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK. mark@ramc.org
Ellis
C J
CJ
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