Dec. 27, 2017
            
                 Joint efforts in search of a cure for tropical diseases 
            
            
                
                
                    Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras —
                
                
                The Joint Task Force-Bravo Medical Element, the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 and the
Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences partnered for an ongoing tropical disease study in Trujillo and Soto Cano Air Base early August, testing live samples and collecting vectors that could be potential carriers for diseases.