Infectious diseases in German military personnel after predominantly tropical deployments: a retrospective assessment over 13 years
Conclusions
Considerable rates of infections with sometimes atypical or absent symptoms confirm a need for returnee screenings after tropical deployments. High reported side effect rates for mefloquine support its replacement by atovaquone/proguanil or doxycycline for antimalarial chemoprophylaxis.
Source: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps - Category: General Medicine Authors: Schawaller, M., Wiemer, D., Hagen, R. M., Frickmann, H. Tags: Original research Source Type: research
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