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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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1476-1645
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    Coton T, 2011. Acute diarrheas among French soldiers in Djibouti. Am J Trop Med Hyg 84: 174.

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    Solaymani-Mohammadi S, Genkinger JM, Loffredo CA, Singer SM, 2010. A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of albendazole compared with metronidazole as treatments for infections with Giardia duodenalis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4: e682.

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In Response

Remington L. Nevin and Lénaïck Ollivier
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  • 1 Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital
  • | 2 Fort Polk, LA
  • | 3 E-mail: remington.nevin@us.army.mil
  • | 4 Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
  • | 5 Paris, France
  • | 6 E-mail: lenaickollivier@hotmail.com
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0587b
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Volume 84: Issue 1
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175
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Dear Sir:

We thank Dr. Coton for his kind letter1 and agree with his assessment that other gastrointestinal pathogens not specifically addressed in our recent paper, particularly Giardia duodenalis, present ongoing challenges to military personnel serving on deployments in Djibouti, and elsewhere.

Although published information is lacking on the incidence of giardiasis specific to deployed French Forces, a research study conducted between 1992 and 1993 during a previous United States military operation in neighboring Somalia found Giardia in 3 of 113 specimens (3%) collected from service members presenting with diarrhea or with high fever.

Dear Sir:

We thank Dr. Coton for his kind letter1 and agree with his assessment that other gastrointestinal pathogens not specifically addressed in our recent paper, particularly Giardia duodenalis, present ongoing challenges to military personnel serving on deployments in Djibouti, and elsewhere.

Although published information is lacking on the incidence of giardiasis specific to deployed French Forces, a research study conducted between 1992 and 1993 during a previous United States military operation in neighboring Somalia found Giardia in 3 of 113 specimens (3%) collected from service members presenting with diarrhea or with high fever.
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©The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2011
Published Online:
05 Jan 2011
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