Christopher Moller, Ken Lilley, Fiona McCallum, G Dennis Shanks
{"title":"Malaria in the Australian military, 2008-2022.","authors":"Christopher Moller, Ken Lilley, Fiona McCallum, G Dennis Shanks","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel train and operate in malarious regions that include neighboring countries with high burden and species with latent hepatic parasites.1 We summarized longitudinal malaria case data, following a prior 10-year period review to 2007.2 Malaria case entries within the ADF Malaria and Infectious Diseases Institute (ADFMIDI)-managed Central Malaria Register (CMR) were examined. Data from cases confirmed between January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2022 were analyzed. Sixty ADF members were diagnosed with malaria, including 1 with a mixed Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax infection. Of 61 malaria infections, 69% (42 of 61) were P. vivax. P. vivax infection resulted in delayed initial case presentation (more than 4 weeks after exposure) in at least 36% (15 of 42) of cases, and 5 personnel experienced further relapse. Most P. vivax infections were acquired in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) and P. falciparum in the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) regions. The ADF experienced ongoing reduced malaria case incidence following high rates in the early 2000s. Maintenance of prophylactic vigilance, both for eradicating dormant hypnozoites and preventing P. vivax relapse, remains important, however.</p>","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 8","pages":"14-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11413131/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142297639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Devin C Kelly, Michael Fan, Richard S Langton, Shauna L Stahlman
{"title":"Vitamin D deficiency trends, risk factors, and occupational risk in active component service members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2018-2022.","authors":"Devin C Kelly, Michael Fan, Richard S Langton, Shauna L Stahlman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vitamin D contains 2 related fat-soluble substances, D3 and D2, that are essential for bone health and overall well-being. The burden of vitamin D deficiency within the active component of the armed forces is unknown. This study describes trends of vitamin D deficiency diagnoses in the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces. Risk factors for vitamin D, such as military occupation, were examined to see if preventive measures and targeted vitamin D screening would be beneficial, as the United States Preventive Task Force does not recommend universal screening for vitamin D, nor does TRICARE cover screening for asymptomatic individuals. The surveillance period covered January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2022. The data were derived from the Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS). Vitamin D deficiency was measured using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM diagnoses recorded in inpatient and outpatient medical encounters. Incidence rate and average annual prevalence were calculated. A logistic regression was performed to obtain adjusted odds ratios. The rates of vitamin D deficiency diagnoses among active component service members (ACSMs) remained steady during the study period, with an incidence rate of 16.4 per 1,000 person-years and an average annual prevalence of 2.2%. Female service members, those of older age groups, and indoor workers demonstrated higher rates of vitamin D deficiency. Previously described demographic risk factors such as indoor work and history of obesity or malabsorption syndrome were also associated in this study with vitamin D deficiency in ACSMs, although older age groups in this study were not associated with vitamin D deficiency. Pilots and air crew had the lowest rates of vitamin D deficiency, while health care workers had the highest, when evaluating by occupation.</p>","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 8","pages":"2-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11413132/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142297640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Illness and injury burdens among reserve component members of the U.S. Coast Guard, 2023.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 7","pages":"22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends in pharmacy prescriptions by therapeutic class among active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2014-2023.","authors":"Kristen R Rossi, Edward A Sheriff, Scott Russell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 7","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical evacuations out of U.S. Central and Africa commands among the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2023","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This report summarizes the nature, numbers, and trends of conditions for which military members were medically evacuated from the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) or Africa Central Command (AFRICOM) operations during 2023, with historical comparisons to the previous 4 years. Mental health disorders and injuries were the most common diagnostic categories in 2023 among service members medically evacuated from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). In 2023, 724 service members were medically evacuated from CENTCOM and 225 were evacuated from AFRICOM, with hospitalization required for 197 (27.2%) and 50 (22.2%), respectively. Most service members who were medically evacuated from CENTCOM or AFRICOM were returned to full duty status following their post-evacuation hospitalizations or outpatient evaluations. In 2023, evacuations for both battle and non-battle injuries from U.S. CENTCOM increased, following a period of decline. The number of service members medically evacuated in 2023 from AFRICOM remained unchanged from the previous year.</p>","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 7","pages":"2-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11335365/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries among deployed active and reserve component service members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2023.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This report updates previous analyses of health care burden distributions among active and reserve component service members of the U.S. Armed Forces in deployed settings. Musculoskeletal disorders in combination with administrative and other health services (ICD-10 \"Z\" codes) accounted for more than half of all medical encounters in 2023 among service members deployed to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and Africa Command (AFRICOM). Three common injury conditions occurred among male and female service members deployed to U.S. CENTCOM and U.S. AFRICOM: other back problems, arm and shoulder injuries, and knee injuries.</p>","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 7","pages":"7-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11335366/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries among non-service member beneficiaries of the Military Health System, 2023.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Military Health System (MHS) is a global, integrated health delivery system tasked with ensuring the medical readiness of the U.S. Armed Forces while fulfilling the individual health care needs of eligible military personnel and their dependents. The MHS network comprises military hospitals and clinics that ensure the medical readiness of the force, which are complemented by programs that enable beneficiary care in the private sector through the TRICARE insurance program. Mental health disorders accounted for the largest proportions of the morbidity and health care burdens that affected the pediatric and younger adult beneficiary age groups of nonservice member beneficiaries of the Military Health System in 2023. Among adults aged 45-64 years and adults aged 65 years and older, musculoskeletal diseases accounted for the most morbidity and health care burdens. With almost all health care for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries aged 65 years and older at private sector medical facilities, over 91% of health care encounters among non-service member beneficiaries (TRICARE-eligible and Medicare-eligible) occurred at non-military medical facilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 7","pages":"11-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11341092/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Illness and injury burdens among reserve component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2023.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 7","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ambulatory health care visits among active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2023.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 6","pages":"19-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11259448/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141564768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries among active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2023.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38856,"journal":{"name":"MSMR","volume":"31 6","pages":"2-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11259447/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141564766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}