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摘要
To better understand the epidemiology of diarrhea in deployed personnel to the Middle East, a prospective cohort study of travelers' diarrhea (TD) was conducted between May 2004 and January 2005 at the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) camp in the southern Sinai A baseline entry questionnaire and stool specimen was provided on study entry and volunteers were followed every 6 weeks Of 211 volunteers, 145 (68 7%) completed one or more follow-up visits In total, 416 follow up surveys were completed, which described an overall incidence of 25 2 episodes per 100 person months (95% confidence interval = 21 2-300) Additionally, stools were collected in 72 of 77 diarrhea-associated clinic visits, with bacterial pathogens most commonly isolated (enterotoxigenic Escherichia colt in 30 [42%] samples and Campylobacter jejuni in 7 [10%] samples) Despite modern preventive methods, diarrhea is still a common problem for deployed US military personnel in Egypt, frequently resulting in diminished ability to work
- 出版日期2011-1
