Open AccessAcute diarrhea during army field exercise in southern China
Author(s) -
Yang Bai,
Yang Dai,
Jiandong Li,
Jing Nie,
Qing Chen,
Hong Wang,
Yongyu Rui,
Yali Zhang,
Yu Song
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i1.127
Subject(s) - diarrhea , medicine , incidence (geometry) , ampicillin , enterotoxigenic escherichia coli , environmental health , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , physics , escherichia coli , enterotoxin , gene , optics
During emergency period, infectious diseases can be a major threat to military forces. During field training in southern China, diarrhea is the main cause of nonbattle injury. To evaluate the causes of and risk factors for diarrhea in emergency period, we collected clinical and epidemiological data from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during field training in southern China.