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 8

Antimalarial prophylaxis, hygiene counseling, vaccination against cholera and typhoid fever, and medication of diarrhea patients with bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections.

	Detected pathogen groups
	Bacteria	Viruses	Parasites	No detected pathogen	Multiple infections
Malaria prophylaxis
Doxycycline	7/10	2/10	1/10	2/10	3/10
Atovaquone/proguanil	18/26	8/26	1/26	4/26	12/26
Mefloquine	8/9	2/9	1/9	0/9	6/9
Switch atovaquone/proguanil to doxycycline	1/1	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/1
None	0/1	0/1	0/1	1/1	0/1
No data	0/2	0/2	0/2	2/2	0/2
Vaccines
Typhoid fever	23/32	7/32	3/32	5/32	15/32
Cholera and typhoid fever	7/10	1/10	0/10	3/10	4/10
No data	4/7	4/7	0/7	1/7	3/7
Medication
Antibiotics	1/3	0/3	0/3	2/3	0/3
No antibiotics or uncertain	33/46	12/46	3/46	7/46	22/46
Hygiene counseling
Yes	28/39	7/39	3/39	7/39	17/39
No	1/1	0/1	0/1	0/1	0/1
No data	5/9	5/9	0/9	2/9	5/9