Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Volume 13, Number 2, February/March 2007
Abstract
This is the 100th issue of the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Since the first issue was published in April 1995, there has been a steady stream of unimaginable events with profound military medical significance, including the initiation and conduct of U.S. military operations in the Balkans; terrorist attacks on the United States (including the Pentagon) on 11 September 2001; the initiation and conduct of the global war on terrorism; widespread uses of vaccines for military-specific indications, including smallpox, anthrax, and tick-borne encephalitis; outbreaks of "mysterious" illnesses with unknown causes among deploying/deployed U.S. troops; life-threatening hyponatremia from excessive water consumption in heat stressful conditions; the reemergence of vivax malaria along the demilitarized zone in Korea; the loss of vaccines against adenovirus types 4 and 7 and the reemergence of adenoviruses as significant causes of acute respiratory disease among military recruits; interrupted supplies of benzathine penicillin for preventing severe group A beta hemolytic streptococcal diseases among recruits; uses of the DoD Serum Repository for health surveillance, policymaking, and medical research purposes; outbreaks of community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), particularly among recruits; routine health assessments before and after overseas deployments; numerous combat casualties, illnesses, and non-battle injuries during service in Afghanistan and Iraq, including wounds from conventional and improvised munitions, accidents, and endemic and nosocomial infections (e.g., leishmaniasis, malaria, multiple drug resistant Acinetobacter baumanii); and greater appreciation of the scopes and consequences of post-traumatic stress.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA496232
Entities
Organizations
- Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center