Food allergies are complex, multifactorial traits that pose great risk to health and operational success. Latent food allergies could manifest catastrophic outcomes during missions, resulting in potential failure and loss of life. Understanding an individuals risk of developing severe allergies is one of many components that can make up a high-quality surveillance and public health/preventive medicine program.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Chapleau, Richard R, USAFSAM/FHT Wright-Patterson AFB United States, ALLERGY AND...

Thirteen caves in the Toledo District, Belize, were bioinventoried in April 2011 and May 2012. Carios azteci (Matheson 1935) was found in five of the caves, representing the first record of C. azteci from Belize, but this species has probably been established in the country as long as the bat hosts were present. Five C. azteci specimens were screened for endosymbiotic and pathogenic microbes using PCR protocol. C. azteci was only found in the dark zone. The only endosymbiont or pathogen...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Taylor,Steven, USAFSAM/FHT Wright-Patterson AFB United States, ticks, Caves, Bats,...