Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

Click on the icon to open, download and save the latest issue of MSMRThe February 2026 issue of MSMR features a full report on the number of tuberculosis tests and diagnoses of latent tuberculosis infection among U.S. Army active component service members, from 2014 to 2023; a Historical Perspective on post-infection symptoms in U.S. soldiers with malaria during World War II and its major limitation to return to duty; followed by a Surveillance Snapshot on adherence to disease and injury standardized surveillance categories in two U.S. Africa Command exercises in 2024; complemented by guest editorial on CHAMPS: the Career History Archival Medical and Personnel System—a summary of career and medical records of the U.S. Armed Forces, from 1980 to 2023; and concludes with the monthly summary of the most frequent reportable medical events within the Military Health System.

The Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published continually since 1995, is a peer-reviewed journal of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division. MSMR publishes monthly reports describing the incidence, distribution, impact, or trends of illness and injuries among members of the United States Armed Forces and other beneficiaries of the Military Health System.

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June 1, 2024

MSMR Vol. 31 No. 6 - June 2024

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This 508-compliant PDF of the June 2024 issue of MSMR comprises the first part of the annual burden of morbidity issue, featuring an overview of absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries among U.S. active component service members in 2023; with reports on both hospitalizations and ambulatory care visits ...

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May 1, 2024

MSMR Vol. 31 No. 5 - May 2024

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The May 2024 MSMR features a report on mortality surveillance of active duty U.S. soldiers from 2014 to 2019; followed by three related reports on respiratory investigations, surveillance and forecasting, on: an outbreak of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Health Service Education and Training Center, September–October ...

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May 1, 2024

Outbreak of Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Health Service Education and Training Center, September 25–October 10, 2023

This report describes an investigation of a respiratory outbreak at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Health Service Education and Training Center by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences and Armed Forces of the Philippines Collaborative Molecular Laboratory, demonstrating a common source ...