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Textbooks of Military Medicine: Military Preventive Medicine, Mobilization and Deployment, V. l, 2003


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Textbooks of Military Medicine. Patrick Kelley, specialty editor. Explores the various natural and manmade challenges faced by today's soldier upon mobilization and deployment. Offers comprehensive research on a range of topics related to preventive medicine, including a historic perspective on the principles of military preventive medicine, national mobilization and training, preparation for deployment, and occupational and environmental issues during sustainment.







Ticks and Tickborne Diseases Affecting Military Personnel


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This special report contains a worldwide overview of the tick species and tickborne diseases potentially affecting military operations. Chapters on history of tickborne disease, biology/ecology of ticks, major tickborne diseases, species discussions, and management of tick problems during deployments are included. Photographs and/or drawings are provided for the medically important species occurring worldwide. This report serves as a guide for physicians, environmental health, veterinary, and pest management personnel.