Potential Medical Problems in Personnel Returning from Vietnam

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Abstract
Selected communicable disease problems which should be considered in persons returning from Vietnam are summarized. Diseases were selected either on the basis of their prevalence or their lack of familiarity to most North Anerical physicians. The majority of individ- uals return to the USA within the incubation period of almost all communicable diseases. Upon return, most military personnel go on leave, hence often may be seen by civilian physicians. Malaria, due primarily to chloroquine-sensitive strains of Plasmodium vivax and chloroquine-resistant strains of P. falciparum, will be encountered most frequently and often mimics other diseases. Patients with diarrheal diseases, hookworm or fever of unknown origin will also be seen with some frequency. Tropical spruce, melioidosis, plague and other forms of helminthiasis also must be considered. Other diseases to be considered include tuberculosis, leprosy, rabies, infectious hepatitis, venereal diseases and perhaps filariasis and schistosomiasis.
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