DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usag495 ISSN: 0026-4075

Panama’s Infectious Disease Legacy: Implications for Renewed Military Cooperation and Force Health Protection

Baxter R Murray, John L Kiley, Ryan B Liberg

Abstract

Tropical infectious disease is a recurrent threat to Force Health Protection throughout the U.S. military presence in Panama. This article recounts some of the notable contributions of the U.S. military in the discovery, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases in hopes of informing future risk assessment and mitigation.

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