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. Each year, MSMR publishes dual issues on the annual absolute and relative morbidity burden attributable to various illness and injuries among service members and beneficiaries, in June and July.
The February 2025 issue of MSMR is now available.
Articles from each issue of MSMR are accessed by scrolling to the You Also May Be Interested In… section of this page.
MSMR is always seeking high quality, relevant submissions for publication. Prospective authors are welcome to review instructions and submit manuscripts within the aims and scope of the journal. Inquiries regarding content or material to be considered for publication should be directed to the MSMR Editor.
Here, you can download the current and past issues of the MSMR. Inquiries regarding content or material to be considered for publication should be directed to the MSMR Editor.
Citing the MSMR
When citing MSMR articles, please use the following formats:
Author Names Listed with the Article
Collier DA, Bayles MK, Barrett, JP. Acute gastroenteritis outbreak at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, DC, January 2011. MSMR. 2011;18(6):11-14.
No Author Name Listed (April 2007 to current)
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch. Mental disorders and mental health problems, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2000 – December 2009. MSMR. 2010;17(11):6-13.
No Author Name Listed (Before April 2007)
Army Medical Surveillance Activity. Overhydration and hyponatremia among active-duty soldiers, 1997-1999. MSMR. 2000;6(3):9-11.
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Feb 1, 2025
External Cause Coding of Injury Encounters in the Military Health System Among Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2016–2019
Knowledge of injury causes is essential for prevention. This article describes causes of injury for all U.S. service members, from 2016 through 2019, and identifies variations in injury cause coding over time, and by branch of military service, type of health care visit and facility, and diagnosis category.
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Feb 1, 2025
Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 1, Ending January 4, 2025
Reportable medical events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System and are reported monthly in MSMR.
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Feb 1, 2025
Development of a New Fleet Disease and Injury Surveillance Capability Using ESSENCE
This report details the steps taken to develop a timely, accurate, and comprehensive Navy fleet disease and injury surveillance capability, utilizing ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics), including the successes and challenges that will guide further refinement and expansion of this tool.
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Feb 1, 2025
Surveillance Snapshot: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Incidence in Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2017–2023
This analysis utilizes an updated case definition for non-Hodgkin lymphoma developed by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, based on consultation with subject matter experts and previous literature, to establish non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence within the U.S. Armed Forces active component, from 2017 through 2023.
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Feb 1, 2025
MSMR Vol. 32 No. 2 – February 2025
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MSMR Vol. 32 No. 1 – January 2025
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MSMR volume 32 number 1, January 2025 issue
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Jan 1, 2025
From the Editor’s Desk: MSMR 2024 Successes and Plans for 2025
As part of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, within the Public Health Directorate of the Defense Health Agency, MSMR offers a forum for peer-reviewed public health reports that are disseminated on a variety of digital platforms: published online at health.mil, the official website of the Military Health System, in addition to indexing on …
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Ovarian Dysfunction and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the U.S. Military Active Component, 2014–2023
This retrospective cohort study examined ovarian dysfunction diagnosis incidence among female active component service members in the U.S. military from 2014 to 2023 using medical encounter data from the Defense Medical Surveillance System.
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The Association of Deployment-related Probable Traumatic Brain Injury with Subsequent Medical Readiness Status
This analysis measures the association of traumatic brain injury with medical readiness for active duty military service, which could inform future traumatic brain injury screening, referral, and patient management protocols.
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Use of Positive Predictive Value to Evaluate the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division Brain Cancer Incidence Rules, Active Component Department of the Air Force Pediatric Dependent Population, January 1, 2010–December 31, 2020
This study applied the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division (AFHSD) case definition for the identification of malignant brain tumors among U.S. active service members to the dependent pediatric population of the active component of the U.S. Air Force, to determine the positive predictive value of this case definition for a pediatric population.
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Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 48, Ending November 30, 2024
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MSMR Vol. 31 No. 12 – December 2024
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Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 44, Ending November 2, 2024
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Update: Diagnoses of Mental Health Disorders Among Active Component U.S. Armed Forces, 2019–2023
This report summarizes the numbers, types, and rates of incident mental health disorder diagnoses among U.S. active component service members over a 5-year surveillance period, from 2019 through 2023, during which a total of 541,672 service members were diagnosed with at least one mental health disorder.
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This report presents the rates of maternal syphilis among pregnant women and congenital syphilis among newborns in the Military Health System beneficiary population from 2012 to 2022. Between 2012 and 2021, cases of congenial syphilis in the U.S. increased by 755%, and rates of maternal and congenital syphilis within the Military Health System …
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Last Updated: February 28, 2025