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© 1985 Oxford University Press

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Fatal Heat-Related Illness in Naval Cadets in Ecuador

JEFFREY R HARRIS*, PAUL A BLAKE*, JORGE GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ CRUZ** and T STEPHEN JONES{dagger}

*Enteric Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
*Enteric Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
**Ecuadorian Navy Guayaquil, Ecuador
{dagger}International Health Program Office, Centers for Disease Control Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA

Enteric Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA). Blake p a, Cruz J G R and Jones T S. Fatal heart-related illnes in navel cadets in Ecuator. International journal of Epidemiogy 1985, 14: 438—440.

On 13 April 1982, after a 6 to 7 km training run on an extremely hot and humid day, 20 of 216 cadets at the Ecuadorian Naval Academy in Guayaquil became ill with symptoms of heat-related illness. Four of them suffered heat stroke, and three died. Illness was most highly associated with the amount of exercise performed that day but was significantly more common in first-year cadets than in older cadets. There were no differences in the anthropometric measurements of ill and well subjects. We conclude that heat-related illness can affect conditioned military personnel during routine training in severe weather and make recommendations for prevention.

Received 1 October 1984


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