Outbreak of rove beetle (Staphylinid) pustular contact dermatitis in Pakistan among deployed U.S. personnel.
Deployed military personnel are often faced with a variety of exposures unfamiliar to U.S. physicians. This is the first report to describe an outbreak of a pustular disease among U.S. personnel deployed to Pakistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Up to 10% of the base population was affli...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 169; no. 1; pp. 57 - 61 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan2004
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