Air sampling for respiratory disease agents in army recruits

Air sampling for respiratory disease agents in army recruits.

Prevalence of immunity to hepatitis A in recruits to the British Army and Royal Air Force.

Between 1989 and 1992, 92% of a sample of 2790 Service recruits aged between 17 and 35 years (mean age 19 years 7 months) were found not to be immune to infection by hepatitis A virus. The proportion of males with immunity was consistently greater than that for females. There was a significantly increased probability of immunity if individuals originated from Northern England, the Midlands and ...

Rubella screening and immunisation of Army recruits.

Copies of Rubella Screening reports for QARANC and WRAC personnel recruited between 1976 and 1980 were analysed. With the exception of WRAC servicewomen, insufficient numbers were screened to be statistically significant until 1980 when 93.1 % were successfully screened. 108 seronegative cases in 1980 were identified and a postal questionnaire was used to evaluate the efficiency of follow up im...

Control of adenovirus acute respiratory disease in U.S. Army trainees.

Although limited almost exclusively to military trainees, acute respiratory disease (ARD) caused by adenovirus types 4 and 7 had been the leading cause of hospitalization in U.S. Army personnel. This decrease which resembles influenza in clinical manifestations led to hospitalization of as many as 50% of military trainees in midwinter and imposed a heavy burden on military hospitals and trainin...

Promoting oral hygiene behavior in recruits in the Dutch Army.

OBJECTIVES To make practical recommendations for improving oral hygiene behavior (OHB) potential predictors based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) were assessed. Measurements of oral health knowledge (OHK) and the expected social effect for having healthy teeth were included. METHODS 216 recruits in the Dutch Army ground forces completed a questionnaire about oral hygiene behavior, att...