Rubella outbreak, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1995: A clash of two preventive strategies

Military Medicine, Sep 1999 by Craig, Stephen C

Conclusions

This rubella outbreak at Fort Bragg illustrates the need for the development of a medical screening protocol for foreign soldiers visiting U.S. military installations. It highlights the need for greater vigilance against not only the medical threats posed by foreign environments and their indigenous populations, but also those that are likely to be imported into this country by military personnel involved in joint military exercises.

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Guarantor: LTC Stephen C. Craig, MC USA

Contributors: LTC Stephen C. Craig, MC USA; MAJ George Broughton II, MC USA; CPT James Bean, SP USA; COL Kelly T. McKee, Jr., MC USA

Fort Bragg, NC 28307.

This manuscript was received for review in March 1998. The revised manuscript was accepted for publication in November 1998.