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© 2013 Public Library of Science. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited: Citation: Beaumier CM, Gomez-Rubio AM, Hotez PJ, Weina PJ (2013) United States Military Tropical Medicine: Extraordinary Legacy, Uncertain Future. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7(12): e2448. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002448

Abstract

Diarrheal disease and dysentery were widespread, and Mackie (1947) estimated that approximately one in four returning GIs suffered from at least one tropical infection, led by intestinal protozoa (mostly Entamoeba histolytica) or helminths (mostly hookworm infection), as well as relapsing malaria from Plasmodium vivax (and a significant number of P. falciparum infections) [1]. The Korean war also led to 1,600 veterans falling ill with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome due to infection with Hantaan virus [7] in addition to significant numbers of infections with Japanese encephalitis virus [8].

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Title
United States Military Tropical Medicine: Extraordinary Legacy, Uncertain Future
Author
Beaumier, Coreen M; Gomez-Rubio, Ana Maria; Hotez, Peter J; Weina, Peter J
Pages
e2448
Section
Editorial
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Dec 2013
Publisher
Public Library of Science
ISSN
19352727
e-ISSN
19352735
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1477943316
Copyright
© 2013 Public Library of Science. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited: Citation: Beaumier CM, Gomez-Rubio AM, Hotez PJ, Weina PJ (2013) United States Military Tropical Medicine: Extraordinary Legacy, Uncertain Future. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 7(12): e2448. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002448