
Illness in military personnel in Bagram, Afghanistan
Author(s) -
Deborah Ann Morgan,
O Horstick,
AE Nicoll,
D W Brown,
Josie Gray,
Jeremy Hawker
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.21.02140-en
Subject(s) - medicine , communicable disease , military personnel , military service , glasgow coma scale , vomiting , medical emergency , emergency medicine , pediatrics , public health , nursing , psychiatry , surgery , political science , law
Between 13 and 19 May, 29 cases of vomiting, diarrhoea, and fever affected British military staff in Bagram, Afghanistan, as reported in this week’s Communicable Disease Report (1). The illness had a short incubation period and mainly affected staff in the field hospital. Three patients were classified as seriously ill, with circulatory collapse (Glasgow coma score 4). Due to the difficult conditions in Bagram, 10 of them were brought back to the United Kingdom (UK) for medical care in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals.