Aeromedical Implications of Recent Experience with Communicable Disease.

Abstract

The report contains papers which review the following topics: (1) Epidemiologic investigations of communicable disease occurring in military or civilian aircrew and passengers or civilian populations where outbreaks can be identified as being related to air operations; (2) the role of immunization programs in the epidemiology of communicable disease among aircrews and civilian populations; (3) epidemiology, detection and diagnosis, treatment and prevention of communicable disease of aeromedical significance; (4) vector borne diseases which can be introduced into susceptible areas by air operations involving prodromal cases of disease, or the vector; (5) studies and investigations of closed space environments and communicable disease outbreaks in aircrews and the implications for the civilian population of aeromedically important diseases.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA017453

Entities

People

  • R. E. Mammen

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civilian Population
  • Detection
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Environment
  • Epidemiology
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Immunization
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Specialties
  • Passengers
  • Public Health
  • Space Environments
  • Specialists

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine

Technology Areas

  • Space