Reviewer's report 
 Epidemic infectious gastrointestinal illness aboard U.S. Navy ships deployed to the Middle Title: 
East during peacetime operations - 2000-2001. 
 1  21 October 2005 Version: Date: 
 Laura Jean J Podewils Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors have re-written the manuscript as a full article; it is much improved in terms of 
thoroughness and organization, and is an important contribution to the literature on the impact of 
norovirus in military populations. 
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Declaration of competing interests: 
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Reviewer's report 
 Epidemic infectious gastrointestinal illness aboard U.S. Navy ships deployed to the Middle Title: 
East during peacetime operations - 2000-2001. 
 1  21 October 2005 Version: Date: 
 Laura Jean J Podewils Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors have re-written the manuscript as a full article; it is much improved in terms of 
thoroughness and organization, and is an important contribution to the literature on the impact of 
norovirus in military populations. 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the 
author can be trusted to correct) 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Epidemic infectious gastrointestinal illness aboard U.S. Navy ships deployed to the Middle Title: 
East during peacetime operations - 2000-2001. 
 1  21 October 2005 Version: Date: 
 Laura Jean J Podewils Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
The authors have re-written the manuscript as a full article; it is much improved in terms of 
thoroughness and organization, and is an important contribution to the literature on the impact of 
norovirus in military populations. 
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the 
author can be trusted to correct) 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept without revision What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Acceptable Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
I declare that I have no competing interests. 
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