G. D. Shanks

Articles by G. D. Shanks


War-Related Dysentery Epidemics in the Australian Army

Dysentery (blood and pus in faeces) has been an epidemic disease in armies throughout history. The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) encountered epidemic dysentery in both Gallipoli in 1915 and Palestine in 1918. During World War II, dysentery epidemics were a military problem in Queensland and Northern Territory. A massive dysentery epidemic involving AIF soldiers, Japanese… Read more »

By G. D. Shanks In   Issue Volume 31 No. 1 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/03.2023-58866571/JMVH Vol 31 No 1

Malaria Outbreak Aboard an Australian Navy Ship in the Indian Ocean

G. C. Rose,1 N. Westphalen,2 G. D. Shanks3 Abstract: Four sailors aboard HMAS Newcastle were infected with falciparum malaria during a port visit to Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. All four were successfully treated at sea with oral atovaquone/proguanil. Besides their apparent non-adherence with the usual antimalarial precautions, the key aspects of this outbreak include a lack… Read more »

By G. C. Rose , N. Westphalen and G. D. Shanks In   Issue Volume 24 No. 3 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/05.2021-23145113/JMVH Vol 24 No 3