Etiology and Epidemiology of Travelers' Diarrhea among US Military and Adult Travelers, 2018-2023

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Anderson, Melissa S. [1 ,2 ]
Mahugu, Evelyn W. [3 ,4 ]
Ashbaugh, Hayley R. [5 ]
Wellbrock, Aaron G. [1 ,2 ]
Nozadze, Maia [6 ]
Shrestha, Sanjaya K. [7 ]
Soto, Giselle M. [8 ]
Nada, Rania A. [9 ]
Pandey, Prativa [10 ]
Esona, Mathew D. [1 ]
Crouch, Daniel J. [1 ]
Hartman-Lane, Michelle [1 ]
Smith, Hunter J. [3 ]
机构
[1] Naval Hlth Res Ctr, San Diego, CA USA
[2] Gen Dynam Informat Technol, San Diego, CA USA
[3] Armed Forces Hlth Surveillance Div, 11800 Tech Rd,Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD 20904 USA
[4] Gen Dynam IT, Silver Spring, MD USA
[5] US FDA, Silver Spring, MD USA
[6] Walter Reed Army Inst Res Europe Middle East, Tbilisi, Georgia
[7] Walter Reed Armed Forces Res Inst, Med Sci Res Unit Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
[8] US Naval Med Res Unit South, Lima, Peru
[9] US Naval Med Res Unit EURAFCENT, Cairo, Egypt
[10] CANADIAN INT WATER & ENERGY CONSULTANTS CLIN, Kathmandu, Nepal
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10.3201/eid3014.240308
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Travelers' diarrhea has a high incidence rate among deployed US military personnel and can hinder operational readiness. The Global Travelers' Diarrhea study is a US Department of Defense-funded multisite surveillance effort to investigate the etiology and epidemiology of travelers' diarrhea. During 2018-2023, we enrolled 512 participants at partner institutions in 6 countries: Djibouti, Georgia, Egypt, Honduras, Nepal, and Peru. Harmonized laboratory methods conducted at each partner institution identified >1 pathogens, including Escherichia coli (67%-82%), norovirus (4%-29%), and Campylobacterjejuni(2%-20%), in 403 (79%) cases. Among cases, 79.7% were single infections, 19.6% were double infections, and 0.7% were triple infections. The most common enterotoxigenic E. coli colonization factors identified were CS3 (25%) and CS21 (25%), followed by CS2 (18%) and CS6 (15%). These data can inform best treatment practices for travelers' diarrhea and support US military health readiness.
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