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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2026

Post-Deployment Screening of Thailand Military Units Deployed to South Sudan from 2023 to 2025 Reveals High Rates of Sub-Microscopic

Min Kramyoo, Sidhartha Chaudhury, Watcharee Yokanit, Kamonwan Siriwattanakul, Porruthai Kittikanara, Brian A Vesely, Darunee Utennam, Nakarin Sansanayudh, Sutchana Tabprasit

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Min KramyooResearch Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Sidhartha ChaudhuryWalter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-9513-6688
Watcharee YokanitResearch Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Kamonwan SiriwattanakulResearch Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Porruthai KittikanaraResearch Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0009-0001-2673-8914
Brian A VeselyWalter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0009-0009-5708-5782
Darunee UtennamResearch Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Nakarin SansanayudhResearch Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0001-5668-7559
Sutchana TabprasitResearch Division, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

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Global Emerging Infections Surveillance P0009_26_AF
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Abstract

Peacekeeping operations in sub-Saharan Africa continue to be impacted by malaria both in-country and among returning service members. The Royal Thai Army (RTA) deploys an engineering company to Juba and Rumbek, South Sudan to conduct peacekeeping operations as part of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Each deployment is approximately 12 months long. The unit is given doxycycline one week before travel before switching to the UN-provided mefloquine during deployment and for four weeks after returning. The RTA routinely conducts post-deployment screening for malaria by microscopy and PCR for units returning from UNMISS. High rates of prophylaxis failure were observed from both during-mission and post-deployment screening cases, with cumulative malaria attack rates of 11.4% (31 cases out of 271 personnel), 18.2% (49 cases out of 270 personnel), and 23.1% (63 cases out of 273 personnel) for 2023, 2024, and 2025, respectively, with 98% of cases being due to

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exposureparasitemiapeacekeeping missionsPlasmodiumprophylaxis failurescreening

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