Sample collection group profiles according to destination country and collection time-points
| Cohort | Group | Group description | Destination | Sample collection | N (%) |
| 1 (Pre deployment) | 1 | 1BG | Kenya | UK | 24 (10%) |
| 2 | 2Med Sqn | Kenya | Kenya | 21 (8.8%) | |
| 3 | 3Inf Coy STTT | Sub-Saharan Africa | Kenya | 8 (3.3%) | |
| 4 | 4Inf Bn | Mali | UK | 10 (4.2%) | |
| 5 | 5Inf Coy (A) | Not deployed | UK | 56 (23.4%) | |
| 6 | 5Inf Coy (B) | Belize | UK | 19 (7.9%) | |
| 7 | 6Combat Support | Not deployed | UK | 19 (7.9%) | |
| 157(65.6%) | |||||
| 2 (During deployment) | 8 | 7BG | Kenya | Kenya | 63 (26.4%) |
| 3 (Post deployment) | 9 | 5Inf Coy (C) | Belize, Brunei | UK | 19 (7.9%) |
Individual groups are arranged into deployment cohorts (n=sample size) with deployment location and sample collection location provided.
1BG = battlegroup; 2Med Sqn = medical squadron; 3Inf Coy STTT = infantry company short term training team; 4Inf Bn = infantry battalion; 5Inf Coy A–C = infantry companies A–C; 6Combat Support = non infantry soldiers from various corps; 7BG = group of soldiers who developed travellers’ diarrhoea while in Kenya.