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Infectious diseases have always represented a substantial threat to military forces and, while context-specific, frequently contribute to a significant proportion of deployed disease non-battle injury (DNBI), impacting operational effectiveness.1 Infectious diseases represent a significant amount of DNBI in previous and current conflicts, although this varies depending on the location and nature of deployment.2 3 Presentations to the R2 during a 3-month period on Op TRENTON demonstrated a high proportion of infections, including undifferentiated febrile illness (UFI), acute gastrointestinal illness and malaria.4