Table 2

Military Infectious Disease Impact Rank: Top 20 febrile illnesses ranked by order of military significance.

Rank

Disease

Median GRSI Score

Medical Force ICDT Rank

Military Impact Index (GRSI/ICDT Rank)


1

Malaria

4949

1

4949

2

Diarrhea, bacterial

5236

3

1745

3

Dengue

3148

2

1574

4

Norovirus and other viral diarrhea

1964*

7

280

5

Leptospirosis

1745

10

174

6

Chikungunya

2608

16

163

7

Rift Valley Fever

2519

24

104

8

HIV/AIDS

728

14

52

9

Meningococcal meningitis

698

17

41

10

Diarrhea, protozoal

411

11

37

11

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

430

13

33

12

Leishmaniasis

12

5

24

13

Hepatitis E

402

21

19

14

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

252

15

16

15

Q fever (Coxiella burnetti)

92

6

15

16

Rickettsioses

155

19

8

17

Tick Borne encephalitis

134

23

5

18

Influenza

35

8

4

19

Plague

89

18

4

20

Lassa/other arenaviruses

63

22

2


Index calculated as quotient of Infectious Diseases Investment Decision Evaluation Algorithm (ID-IDEAL) Global Risk Severity Index (GRSI)/Integrated Capabilities Development Team (ICDT) rank for diseases listed in both documents. Adapted from refs 27 and 28.

*Mean of all GSRI scores for diarrheal diseases

+Mean of cutaneous, visceral and mucosal leishmaniasis GSRI scores

Fukuda et al. BMC Public Health 2011 11(Suppl 2):S9   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-S2-S9

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