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. 1993 Dec;31(12):3351–3352. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.12.3351-3352.1993

Diarrhea in U.S. troops deployed to Thailand.

P Echeverria 1, L R Jackson 1, C W Hoge 1, M K Arness 1, G R Dunnavant 1, R R Larsen 1
PMCID: PMC266434  PMID: 8308137

Abstract

Ninety-five (28%) of 333 U.S. military personnel deployed to Ubonratchathani, Thailand, for 1 month in February 1993 developed diarrhea. Campylobacter jejuni was identified in 6 (25%), attaching and effacing Escherichia coli was identified in 3 (13%), nontyphoidal Salmonella spp. were identified in 2 (8%), and rotavirus was identified in 1 (4%) of 24 persons who had diarrhea and submitted specimens.

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