Surveillance for Norovirus and Enteric Bacterial Pathogens as Etiologies of Acute Gastroenteritis at U.S. Military Recruit Training Centers, 2011-2016
Abstract
An estimated 179 million cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) occur each year in the U.S. and AGE is commonly reported within both training and deployed U.S. military populations. Beginning in 2011, the Operational Infectious Diseases (OID) laboratory at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) has undertaken routine surveillance of four U.S. military training facilities to systematically track the prevalence of AGE and to establish its etiologies among U.S. military recruits. Employing both molecular and standard microbiological techniques, NHRC OID routinely assays for pathogens of direct military relevance, including norovirus genogroups I and II, Salmonella, Shigella, and Campylobacter. During its initial surveillance efforts (2011-2016), NHRC OID identified norovirus as the primary etiology of both sporadic cases and outbreaks of AGE among trainees.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1060755
Entities
People
- Christian J. Hansen
- Christopher A. Myers
- Krista M. Brooks
- Paul C. Graf
- Ramona L. Mccaffrey
- Reza Zeighami
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center