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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018

Epidemiology and Transmission of Respiratory Infections in Thai Army Recruits: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Clarence C Tam, Kathryn B Anderson, Vittoria Offeddu, Alden Weg, Louis R Macareo, Damon W Ellison, Ram Rangsin, Stefan Fernandez, Robert V Gibbons, In-Kyu Yoon and 1 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Marine Recruits during Quarantine.The New England journal of medicine · 2020
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11 authors.

Clarence C TamLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Kathryn B AndersonUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Vittoria OffedduSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health Systems, Singapore, Singapore.
Alden WegArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Louis R MacareoArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Damon W EllisonArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Ram RangsinPhramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand.
Stefan FernandezArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Robert V GibbonsUS Army Institute of Surgical Research, San Antonio, Texas.
In-Kyu YoonArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sriluck SimasathienPhramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Military recruits are at high risk of respiratory infections. However, limited data exist on military populations in tropical settings, where the epidemiology of respiratory infections differs substantially from temperate settings. We enrolled recruits undertaking a 10-week military training at two Royal Thai Army barracks between May 2014 and July 2015. We used a multiplex respiratory panel to analyze nose and throat swabs collected at the start and end of the training period, and from participants experiencing respiratory symptoms during follow-up. Paired sera were tested for influenza seroconversion using a hemagglutinin inhibition assay. Overall rates of upper respiratory illness and influenza-like illness were 3.1 and 2.0 episodes per 100 person-weeks, respectively. A pathogen was detected in 96% of samples. The most commonly detected microbes were

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AdolescentAdultHaemophilus InfectionsHaemophilus influenzae type bHumansIncidenceInfluenza, HumanKlebsiella InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMaleMilitary PersonnelOrthomyxoviridaePicornaviridae InfectionsPneumonia, PneumococcalPolymerase Chain ReactionProspective Studies

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PMID30182916
PMCPMC6159564

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