Serological evidence of arboviral infection and self-reported febrile illness among U.S. troops deployed to Al Asad, Iraq

@article{Riddle2007SerologicalEO,
  title={Serological evidence of arboviral infection and self-reported febrile illness among U.S. troops deployed to Al Asad, Iraq},
  author={Mark S. Riddle and Juliann Althoff and Kenneth C. Earhart and Marshall R. Monteville and Samuel L. Yingst and Emad W. Mohareb and Shannon D. Putnam and John W. Sanders},
  journal={Epidemiology and Infection},
  year={2007},
  volume={136},
  pages={665 - 669}
}
SUMMARY Understanding the epidemiology of current health threats to deployed U.S. troops is important for medical assessment and planning. As part of a 2004 study among U.S. military personnel deployed to Al Asad Air Base, in the western Anbar Province of Iraq, over 500 subjects were enrolled, provided a blood specimen, and completed a questionnaire regarding history of febrile illness during this deployment (average ∼4 months in country). This mid-deployment serum was compared to pre… 
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