Epidemiologic analysis of respiratory viral infections among Singapore military servicemen in 2016

Respiratory illnesses have been identified as a significant factor leading to lost training time and morbidity among Singapore military recruits. A surveillance programme has been put in place to determine etiological agents responsible for febrile, as well as afebrile respiratory illnesses in a mil...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC infectious diseases 2018-03, Vol.18 (1), p.123-123, Article 123
Hauptverfasser: Lau, Yuk-Fai, Koh, Wee-Hong Victor, Kan, Clement, Dua, Poh-Choo Alethea, Lim, Ai-Sim Elizabeth, Liaw, Chin-Wen Jasper, Gao, Qiu-Han, Chng, Jeremiah, Lee, Vernon J, Tan, Boon-Huan, Loh, Jin-Phang
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Zusammenfassung:Respiratory illnesses have been identified as a significant factor leading to lost training time and morbidity among Singapore military recruits. A surveillance programme has been put in place to determine etiological agents responsible for febrile, as well as afebrile respiratory illnesses in a military camp. The goal of the study is to better understand the epidemiology of these diseases and identify potential countermeasures to protect military recruits against them. From Jan 2016 - Jan 2017, a total of 2647 respiratory cases were enrolled into the surveillance programme. The cases were further stratified into Febrile Respiratory Illness (FRI, with body temperature > 37.5 °C) or Acute Respiratory Illness (ARI, with body temperature 
ISSN:1471-2334
1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-018-3040-x