JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS QE) virus causes an endemic and epidemic zoonotic disease with a simple life cycle. The typical reservoir is pigs, though horses and dogs were also found to have…
ONLY ONE VACCINE AGAINST JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS is available for use in Australia. Other vaccines in Asia have supplanted this vaccine. Some vaccines used in Asia, however, would not be acceptable…
The use of Biken Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine (JE-Vax) by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) for service personnel deploying to JE endemic areas has consumed a significant proportion of the…
SIX AUSTRALIAN BATTALIONS have served in East Timor since the beginning of the International Force in East Timor (InterFET) and transition to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor…
THIS IS A REPORT OF A CASE OF MALARIA in which the patient presumably inadvertently partially treated an undiagnosed episode of malaria before presenting with a probable relapse of the…
THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE (ADF) is currently maintaining large numbers of soldiers including aviators in malarious areas of East Timor for peacekeeping duties. The only approved malaria chemo suppressive agent…
In the tropics of Australia, the Royal Australian Navy operates two permanent bases and conducts a large number of operations. Despite an overall incidence of melanoma not significantly different to…
ADF medical officers must complete military, military health and civilian GP training to progress to the independently deployable status of Medical Level 3. (ML3). Changes to administration of the Australian…
The 2000-2005 quinquennium saw a marked drop in the number of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel suffering from malaria following the deployment of an Australian Army Malaria Institute (AMI) outbreak…
During the 1995-2000 quinquennium, the Army Malaria Research Unit (AMRU) was re-named the Australian Army Malaria Institute (AMI) and re-located from Sydney to a modern purpose-built facility in Brisbane. Its…
In the tropics of Australia, the Royal Australian Navy operates two permanent bases and conducts a large number of operations. Despite an overall incidence of melanoma not significantly different to…
Dengue Global Epidemiology Dengue continues to be a global disease, more so than prior to 2000. In the Americas, cases have become more numerous, particularly Dengue 3 infections, with the…
Reprinted from Australian Military Medicine Volume 9(2): 71-73. Background of Dengue in the South West Pacific Region Dengue has become a world-wide disease with more than 100 million cases per…
An essential element for determining suitable risk management strategies for dental emergencies in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is an accurate measurement of that outcome which best reflects those dental…
For the newly serving Medical Officer in the ADF (ADF MO), professional progression opportunities are both in rank and in competency level (CL). The requirements for promotion in rank and…
This edition of JMVH focuses on training within theDefence environment.Contributions are international and of international standard.The edition begins with an overall paper by Leggat,Aitken and Seidl regarding the context of…
Tri-service post-graduate vocational education in Medicine has not previously been available in the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Introduction to Military Medicine (IMM), originally designed as an introduction to the practice…
Once again JMVH demonstrates the diversity of military medical practice with an array of papers all relevant to those working in health service support to Defence Forces. With somewhat conflicted…
The currently licenced Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine in Australia is now out of production. A live attenuated vaccine (SA14-14-2) currently used in Asia is not being licenced in Australia. Two…
