Surveillance of Food- and Smear-Transmitted Pathogens in European Soldiers with Diarrhea on Deployment in the Tropics: Experience from the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) Mali

Table 4

Age, gender, nationality, sites of deployment, and previous stays in high-endemicity regions for diarrhea-associated pathogens of diarrhea patients with bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections.

	Detected pathogen groups
	Bacteria	Viruses	Parasites	No detected pathogen	Multiple infections
Age
<30 years	10/15	6/15	0/15	2/15	5/15
30–50 years	10/15	3/15	1/15	3/15	8/15
>50 years	2/2	1/2	0/2	0/2	2/2
No data	12/17	2/17	2/17	4/17	7/17
Gender
Male	31/44	11/44	3/44	7/44	20/44
Female	3/5	1/5	0/5	2/5	2/5
Nationality
Austria	1/1	1/1	0/1	0/1	1/1
Belgium	7/9	2/9	1/9	1/9	3/9
Colombia	1/1	0/1	0/1	0/1	0/1
Germany	17/25	8/25	0/25	4/25	12/25
Greece	3/3	0/3	1/3	0/3	3/3
Ireland	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/1	0/1
Italy	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/1	0/1
Portugal	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/1	0/1
Romania	0/1	1/1	0/1	0/1	0/1
Spain	4/4	0/4	0/4	0/4	2/4
Spain/Bolivia	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/1	0/1
No data	1/1	0/1	1/1	0/1	1/1
Site of deployment
Koulikoro	31/41	7/41	3/41	6/41	19/41
Koulikoro and Bamako	1/2	1/2	0/2	1/2	1/2
Bamako	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/1	0/1
Bapho	2/4	4/4	0/4	0/4	2/4
No data	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/1	0/1
Previous stays in high endemicity settings
Yes	8/13	3/13	1/13	2/13	4/13
No	26/36	9/36	2/36	7/36	18/36