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Surveillance of Food- and Smear-Transmitted Pathogens in European Soldiers with Diarrhea on Deployment in the Tropics: Experience from the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) Mali.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2015
Frickmann Hagen, Warnke Philipp, Frey Claudia, Schmidt Salvatore, Janke Christian, Erkens Kay, Schotte Ulrich, Köller Thomas, Maaßen Winfried, Podbielski Andreas, Binder Alfred, Hinz Rebecca, Queyriaux Benjamin, Wiemer Dorothea, Schwarz Norbert Georg, Hagen Ralf Matthias
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Introduction. Since 2013, European soldiers have been deployed on the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) in Mali. From the beginning, diarrhea has been among the most "urgent" concerns. Diarrhea surveillance based on deployable real-time PCR equipment was conducted between December 2013 and August 2014. Material and Methods. In total, 53 stool samples were obtained from 51 soldiers with acute diarrhea....
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