Case series study of traveler's diarrhea in U.S. military personnel at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2008 Dec;15(12):1884-7. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00163-08. Epub 2008 Oct 8.

Abstract

Military personnel with traveler's diarrhea (n=202) while deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, from June to September 2002 were evaluated for pathogen-specific immune responses. Serologic and fecal immunoglobulin A (IgA) titers to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli antigens (CS6, CS3, and LT) were quite low. In contrast, subjects with Campylobacter infections had high serologic and fecal IgA responses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology
  • Campylobacter Infections / immunology*
  • Campylobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Campylobacter jejuni / immunology*
  • Dysentery / immunology*
  • Dysentery / microbiology
  • Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / immunology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / immunology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / blood
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Male
  • Military Personnel*
  • Travel
  • Turkey

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin G