History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Understanding, Prevention, and Treatment of Infectious Diseases


Published as a supplement to the April 2005 issue of Military Medicine


Supplement editor: COL Duane Hospenthal, Armed Forces Infectious Diseases Society President, 2003-2004

Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Departments of the Air Force, Army, or Navy, Department of Defense, or the US Government. The authors are employees of the US government. This work was prepared as part of their official duties and, as such, there is no copyright to be transferred.





History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Understanding, Prevention, and Treatment of Infectious Diseases - Overview
Duane R. Hospenthal

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Vaccines against Infectious Diseases
Andrew W. Artenstein, Jason M. Opal, Steven M. Opal, Edmund C. Tramont, Georges Peter, and Phillip K. Russell

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Malaria
Christian F. Ockenhouse, Alan Magill, Dale Smith, and Wil Milhous

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Parasitic Diseases
Nancy F. Crum, Naomi E. Aronson, Edith R. Lederman, Janice M. Rusnak, and John H. Cross

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Diarrheal Diseases
Matthew L. Lim, Gerald S. Murphy, Margaret Calloway, and David Tribble

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Bacterial Zoonoses
George W. Christopher, Brian K. Agan, Theodore J. Cieslak, and Patrick E. Olson

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Rickettsial Diseases
Mary F. Bavaro, Daryl J. Kelly, Gregory A. Dasch, Braden R. Hale, and Patrick E. Olson

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Mark S. Rasnake, Nicholas G. Conger, C. Kenneth McAllister, King K. Holmes, and Edmund C. Tramont

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Respiratory Infections
Martin G. Ottolini and Mark W. Burnett

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Viral Hepatitis
David P. Dooley

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Stephen J. Thomas, James V. Lawler, and Timothy P. Endy

History of U.S. Military Contributions to the Study of Viral Encephalitis
Charles H. Hoke, Jr.





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The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Departments of the Air Force, Army, or Navy, or the Department of Defense