Infectious diseases during the European Union training mission Mali (EUTM MLI) - a four-year experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The European Union Training Mission Mali (EUTM MLI) is a multinational military training deployment to the Western African tropical nation of Mali. Based on routinely collected disease and non-battle injury surveillance data, this study quantifies the true impact of infectious diseases for this tropical mission and potential seasonal variations in infectious disease threats.

Methods

Categorized health events during the EUTM MLI mission and associated lost working days were reported using the EpiNATO-2 report. Infection-related health events were descriptively analyzed for a 4-year period from the 12th week in 2013 to the 13th week in 2017. Aggregated EpiNATO-2 data collected from all missions other than EUTM MLI were used as a comparator.

Results

Among the

SUBMITTER: Frickmann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5977544 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature