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Infections in the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq - ICAAC 09

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are giving rise to new challenges to the infectious disease community. Soldiers fighting in those countries are acquiring infections that are not normally seen by doctors in the United States.  Participants discussed these foreign infections and the challenges they present.

• David Aronoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

• Clinton Murray, Brooke Army Medical Ctr, Fort Sam Houston, TX, United States