Incidence of Infectious Diseases in the Military Went to the Mali Operations Theater

Soldiers on missions are at risk of contracting major infectious diseases. Some of the most common food or water-borne diseases include diarrhea (bacterial and protozoan), hepatitis A, and typhoid fever, all of which pose serious threats to communities.

The studied group consists of 13 people who performed missions in the theater of operations in Mali between December 2020 and June 2021. The analyzes were performed in the medical analysis laboratory of the Military Emergency Hospital. The group consists of males with an average age of 35-45 years, most with hypercholesterolemia

Analyzes were performed in the fields of microbiology, virology and biochemistry. before and after the mission, they left with antimalarial treatment. Pharyngeal, nasal and digestive tract microbiota showed no noticeable changes. Only in 2 cases of coproparasitological examination were positive on return for Blastocyst hominis (which is not an endemic parasite, being found in drinking water from unsafe sources)

Following the analyzes performed, we came to the conclusion that the protection measures taken in the theaters of operations are effective, as there is no contamination on the studied group with endemic germs of the area.