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Troop morbidity
Historically, communicable diseases have been extremely important to the military, because infectious illnesses contribute greatly to troop morbidity and mortality rates in times of both war and peace.
For this reason, vaccines against infectious diseases not only are widely used by the military to protect the fighting forces but also have been the focus of longstanding, substantial, military research efforts.
In fact, the military has been a prime mover in many areas of vaccine development, in some cases because of military exigencies and in others because of the availability of military scientific expertise related to a specific public health problem.
In this article, we highlight areas of vaccine research in which the military has contributed in a substantive way and we provide insights regarding some of the key figures in this illustrious history.
The definition of "contribution" in this work involves findings by U.S. military researchers that led, either directly or indirectly, to an effective, licensed vaccine against a human pathogen.

Therefore, significant epidemiologic, microbiologic, or immunologic discoveries or pivotal clinical trial findings constitute contributions.

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The definition of "contribution" in this work involves findings by U.S. military researchers that led, either directly or indirectly, to an effective, licensed vaccine against a human pathogen.

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We have excluded other work that, although important in advancing vaccine science, does not meet the criteria.

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