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In the current Medical Surveillance Monthly Report...
Editorial: signature scars of a long war Someday persistence of anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, neck, back, and joint pains, headache, and various ill-defined conditions among Afghanistan/Iraq war veterans may be recognized as signature scars of the long war... Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012 In 2012, the four burden of disease-related conditions that accounted for the most medical encounters-other back problems, other musculoskeletal diseases, other signs and symptoms, and anxiety-accounted for more than one-fourth of all illness and injury-related medical encounters overall... Hospitalizations among members of the active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012 In 2012, adjustment reactions, mood disorders, and intervertebral disc disorders were among the leading causes of hospitalizations of both male and female service members... Ambulatory visits among members of the active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2012 In relation to injuries and musculoskeletal conditions, in 2012 as in the past, joint and back injuries/back pain accounted for extraordinarily large numbers of ambulatory visits and lost duty time... Surveillance Snapshot: illness and injury burdens among U.S. military recruit trainees, 2012 Signs, symptoms, and ill-defined conditions, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2012 In 2012, three four-digit diagnoses accounted for 54 percent of all service member hospitalizations for signs, symptoms, and ill-defined conditions: chest pain, abdominal pain, and syncope and collapse...

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Influenza A (H7N9) Testing Guidance Guidance on diagnostic and surveillance testing for avian influenza A (H7N9) as of 29 APR 2013. AFHSC Sponsors First West Africa Malaria Task Force Meeting The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) and the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) are sponsoring medical personnel and experts from the eight nations that comprise the Economic Community of West African States to share best practices in the prevention and treatment of malaria during a three-day of meeting of the first-ever West Africa Malaria Task Force in Accra, Ghana. Earn free CME credits from Medscape Read the MSMR article entitled "Health of Women After Wartime Deployments: Correlates of Risk for Selected Medical Conditions Among Females after Initial and Repeat Deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces." Detecting and Reporting DoD Cases of Novel Coronavirus Infection The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center is providing guidance as of 1 APR 2013. Force Health Protection: Inside AFHSC The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) plays a critical role in force health protection. AFHSC watches over the health of all those who serve our nation in uniform through its mission of medical surveillance. Explore the scope of AFHSC programs and initiatives for our U.S. service members and allies that are critical to our national security interests. Annual HIV Update Routine screening for antibodies to HIV-1, civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, August 2011.	H7N9 Lab Testing Malaria Task Force Free CME Credits Novel Coronavirus Infection Inside AFHSC Annual HIV Update

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Influenza A (H7N9) Testing Guidance

Guidance on diagnostic and surveillance testing for avian influenza A (H7N9) as of 29 APR 2013.

AFHSC Sponsors First West Africa Malaria Task Force Meeting

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) and the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) are sponsoring medical personnel and experts from the eight nations that comprise the Economic Community of West African States to share best practices in the prevention and treatment of malaria during a three-day of meeting of the first-ever West Africa Malaria Task Force in Accra, Ghana.

Earn free CME credits from Medscape

Read the MSMR article entitled "Health of Women After Wartime Deployments: Correlates of Risk for Selected Medical Conditions Among Females after Initial and Repeat Deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces."

Detecting and Reporting DoD Cases of Novel Coronavirus Infection

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center is providing guidance as of 1 APR 2013.

Force Health Protection: Inside AFHSC

The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) plays a critical role in force health protection. AFHSC watches over the health of all those who serve our nation in uniform through its mission of medical surveillance. Explore the scope of AFHSC programs and initiatives for our U.S. service members and allies that are critical to our national security interests.

Annual HIV Update

Routine screening for antibodies to HIV-1, civilian applicants for U.S. military service and U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, August 2011.

H7N9 Lab Testing Malaria Task Force Free CME Credits Novel Coronavirus Infection Inside AFHSC Annual HIV Update

Influenza Surveillance Summary and Reports

Weekly and annual influenza updates ...

Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS)

Database containing up-to-date and historical...

Installation Injury Reports

Injury related data of active duty U.S. service members based on...

DoD Serum Repository (DoDSR)

Specimens contained in the DoDSR are available to researchers...

Armed Forces Reportable Events

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Global Emerging Infections Surveillance & Response System (GEIS)

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