TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Infections in War Veterans A1 - Artenstein, Andrew W. A2 - Jameson, J. Larry A2 - Fauci, Anthony S. A2 - Kasper, Dennis L. A2 - Hauser, Stephen L. A2 - Longo, Dan L. A2 - Loscalzo, Joseph PY - 2018 T2 - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e AB - In the past half-century, there have been dozens of major armed conflicts involving millions of combatants from numerous countries throughout the world. Several of these wars have been multinational in scope and have involved the deployment of large numbers of ground forces from their home countries to distinct areas of conflict in developing portions of the world, such as southwestern and central Asia (e.g., Iraq, Afghanistan) and Africa. In the United States alone, there are estimated to be more than 18 million living veterans, many of whom served in combat theaters. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164035508 ER -