Seroconversion to Causes of Febrile Illness in Mongolian Peacekeepers Deployed to South Sudan

Altangerel Enkhtsetseg Mongolian Armed Forces Central Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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Stefan Fernandez U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Authority, Fort Detrick, Maryland.

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Duangrat Mongkolsirichaikul Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Damdin Altantuul Mongolian Armed Forces Central Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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Erdene Elbegdorj Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Lkhagvasuren Ganchimeg Mongolian Armed Forces, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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Samuel L. Yingst Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, Indiana.

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Abstract

Immediately before deployment (Fall 2012) and after deployment (Spring 2013) in support of United Nations peacekeeping operations, Mongolian Armed Forces medical personnel obtained serum samples from the first contingent of Mongolian peacekeepers deploying to South Sudan to monitor serologic evidence of exposure to diseases that cause acute febrile illness. A total of 632 paired samples were tested for IgG antibody for the following (number of seroconversions in parentheses): Rickettsia (spotted fever and typhus groups) (25), West Nile fever virus (WNV) (23), Coxiella burnetii (causative agent of Q fever) (12), dengue virus (8), leptospirosis (6), chikungunya virus (0), Congo–Crimean hemorrhagic fever virus (0), Japanese encephalitis virus (0), and Rift Valley fever virus (0). There was also evidence of exposure to WNV, C. burnetii, leptospirosis, and Rickettsia before deployment.

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* Address correspondence to Samuel L. Yingst, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, 406 South University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907. E-mail: yingst@purdue.edu

Authors' addresses: Altangerel Enkhtsetseg, Mongolian Armed Forces Central Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, E-mail: enkheemng@gmail.com. Rendoo Davadoorj, Institute of Public Health, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, E-mail: davrendoo@gmail.com. Stefan Fernandez, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Authority, Fort Detrick, MD, E-mail: stefan.fernandez.mil@mail.mil. Duangrat Mongkolsirichaikul, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, E-mail: DuangratM.fsn@afrims.org. Damdin Altantuul, Mongolian Armed Forces Central Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, E-mail: tuul_5572@yahoo.com. Erdene Elbegdorj, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, E-mail: erdene.elbegdorj@sant.ox.ac.uk. Lkhagvasuren Ganchimeg, Mongolian Armed Forces, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, E-mail: ganaa_mkh@yahoo.com. Samuel L. Yingst, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, E-mail: yingst@purdue.edu.

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