Respiratory Infections in the U.S. Military: Recent Experience and Control. Clin Microbiol Rev 2015 Jul;28(3):743-800
Date
06/19/2015Pubmed ID
26085551Pubmed Central ID
PMC4475643DOI
10.1128/CMR.00039-14Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84933512601 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 66 CitationsAbstract
This comprehensive review outlines the impact of military-relevant respiratory infections, with special attention to recruit training environments, influenza pandemics in 1918 to 1919 and 2009 to 2010, and peacetime operations and conflicts in the past 25 years. Outbreaks and epidemiologic investigations of viral and bacterial infections among high-risk groups are presented, including (i) experience by recruits at training centers, (ii) impact on advanced trainees in special settings, (iii) morbidity sustained by shipboard personnel at sea, and (iv) experience of deployed personnel. Utilizing a pathogen-by-pathogen approach, we examine (i) epidemiology, (ii) impact in terms of morbidity and operational readiness, (iii) clinical presentation and outbreak potential, (iv) diagnostic modalities, (v) treatment approaches, and (vi) vaccine and other control measures. We also outline military-specific initiatives in (i) surveillance, (ii) vaccine development and policy, (iii) novel influenza and coronavirus diagnostic test development and surveillance methods, (iv) influenza virus transmission and severity prediction modeling efforts, and (v) evaluation and implementation of nonvaccine, nonpharmacologic interventions.
Author List
Sanchez JL, Cooper MJ, Myers CA, Cummings JF, Vest KG, Russell KL, Sanchez JL, Hiser MJ, Gaydos CAMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Disease OutbreaksHumans
Military Personnel
Respiratory Tract Infections
United States
Vaccination