LIMA, Peru – Researchers from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) SOUTH have an ongoing collaboration with local Peruvian hospitals to surveil pathogens causing febrile (having to do with fever) and respiratory diseases such as dengue, malaria, influenza and COVID-19 in Peru and other partner nations in Central and South America.
The aim of these studies, funded by the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS), is to identify the specific causes of acute respiratory and febrile illnesses found in patients at military and civilian health facilities across the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of operations (AOR), and better address the healthcare needs of those affected. Such illnesses pose a...
LIMA, Peru – Researchers from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) SOUTH have an ongoing collaboration with local Peruvian hospitals to surveil pathogens causing febrile (having to do with fever) and respiratory diseases such as dengue, malaria, influenza and COVID-19 in Peru and other partner nations in Central and South America.
The aim of these studies, funded by the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS), is to identify the specific causes of acute respiratory and febrile illnesses found in patients at military and civilian health facilities across the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of operations (AOR), and better address the healthcare needs of those affected. Such illnesses pose a...
IQUITOS, Peru (March 14, 2024) Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) SOUTH nursing technicians Leny Curico and Rosa Tamani perform a clinical exam and take medical history during patient enrollment for a surveillance study of acute febrile disease. NAMRU SOUTH surveillance efforts help track the circulation of illness and inform the treatment of disease that can affect health and readiness of service members and citizens in the U.S. and its partner nations. Part of the Navy Medicine Research & Development enterprise, NAMRU SOUTH conducts research on a wide range of infectious diseases of military and public health significance, and supports Global Health Engagement through surveillance of those diseases, including dengue fever, malaria, diarrheal diseases and antimicrobial-resistant infections. (U.S. Navy Photo by Nadya Calampa/ Released)
