Gastroenteritis Outbreak in British Troops, Iraq

Gastroenteritis affected many British military personnel during the war in Iraq. In the first month, 1,340 cases were seen; 73% of patients required hospital admission and 36% were hospital staff. In a survey of 500 hospital staff, 76% reported gastroenteritis, which was more likely in clinical work...

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Autores principales: Bailey, Mark S., Boos, Christopher J., Vautier, Guy, Green, Andrew D., Appleton, Hazel, Gallimore, Chris I., Gray, Jim J., Beeching, Nicholas J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3366745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16318711
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1110.050298
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author Bailey, Mark S.
Boos, Christopher J.
Vautier, Guy
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Appleton, Hazel
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Gray, Jim J.
Beeching, Nicholas J.
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description Gastroenteritis affected many British military personnel during the war in Iraq. In the first month, 1,340 cases were seen; 73% of patients required hospital admission and 36% were hospital staff. In a survey of 500 hospital staff, 76% reported gastroenteritis, which was more likely in clinical workers. Investigations showed only caliciviruses.
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spelling pubmed-33667452012-06-07 Gastroenteritis Outbreak in British Troops, Iraq Bailey, Mark S. Boos, Christopher J. Vautier, Guy Green, Andrew D. Appleton, Hazel Gallimore, Chris I. Gray, Jim J. Beeching, Nicholas J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Gastroenteritis affected many British military personnel during the war in Iraq. In the first month, 1,340 cases were seen; 73% of patients required hospital admission and 36% were hospital staff. In a survey of 500 hospital staff, 76% reported gastroenteritis, which was more likely in clinical workers. Investigations showed only caliciviruses. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3366745/ /pubmed/16318711 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1110.050298 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Bailey, Mark S.
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Gastroenteritis Outbreak in British Troops, Iraq
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