Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

Click on the icon to open, download and save the latest issue of MSMRThe May 2026 issue of MSMR features four full reports and a brief report, beginning with the annual update of heat exhaustion and heat stroke among U.S. active component service members, from 2021 through 2025; complemented by the annual updates on exertional rhabdomyolysis and exertional hyponatremia among active component service members, 2021–2025; followed by the annual update on malaria in the U.S. Armed Forces in 2025; and concludes with an annual 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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Feb. 1, 2026

Number of tuberculosis tests and diagnoses of latent tuberculosis infection among U.S. Army active component service members, January 2014–December 2023

This report describes the trends of tuberculosis testing and latent tuberculosis infection positivity in U.S. Army active component soldiers during the first decade following the 2013 U.S. Army Medical Command policy revision to a targeted, risk-based tuberculosis testing strategy.

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Feb. 1, 2026

Historical perspective: Post-infection symptoms in U.S. soldiers with malaria during the Second World War: major limitation to return to duty

This historical review discusses how the primary challenge presented by malaria infections in the Pacific theater during World War II was an inability to return recovered soldiers quickly to their units, with nearly one percent of malaria patients repatriated for ‘chronic malaria’.

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Feb. 1, 2026

MSMR Vol. 33 No. 2 - February 2026

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The February 2026 MSMR features a report on the number of tuberculosis tests and diagnoses of latent tuberculosis infection in the U.S. Army; a historical review on post-infection symptoms in U.S. soldiers with malaria during World War II and its major limitation to return to duty; a Surveillance Snapshot on adherence to disease and injury ...

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Jan. 1, 2026

Case report: An atypical Ross River Virus infection in an Australian Army service member

This case report details the process of differential diagnosis of Ross River virus in an individual diagnosed in Queensland, Australia in 2024. The report demonstrates the need for better clinical awareness among medical care providers for U.S. service members presenting with febrile illness or joint pain following deployment to Australia.

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Jan. 1, 2026

MSMR Vol. 33 No. 1 - January 2026

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The January 2026 MSMR features a full report on Guillain-Barré syndrome among U.S. active component service members, 2014–2022; and a report on distinct approaches to racial and ethnic classification to the surveillance of obstetric and neonatal outcomes in the U.S. military, 2010–2021; followed by a case report an atypical Ross River virus infection ...

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Dec. 1, 2025

Update: Cold weather injuries among the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces, July 2020–June 2025

Since 2004, MSMR has published annual updates on the incidence of cold weather injuries affecting U.S. Armed Forces members for the five most recent cold seasons. This 2025 report discusses the occurrence of frostbite, immersion hand and foot injuries, hypothermia, as well as “other specified and unspecified effects of reduced temperature.”