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 UNCLASSIFIED

 02	 04	 0216002 	MAR 	91	 PP PP UUUU 		SG-00S

 NO

WERE EITHER CAUSED BY E. HISTOLYTICA 0R IT WAS AN INCIDENTAL FINDING

 IN STOOL SAMPLES. NO STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON ASYMPTOMATIC

 INDIVIDUALS TO DETERMINE THE INCIDENCE OF THIS POTENTIALLY

 ORGANISM IN U.S. DEPLOYED PERSONNEL.
 
 2. USAF SAM EPIDEMIOLOGY DIVISION RECOMMENDS  AND HQ TAC CONCURS THAT

 WE SHOULD TEST APPROXIMATELY 300 ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS. THIS

 SAMPLE SHOULD  REPRESENT AS ANY INSTALLATIONS AS POSSIBLE. FOR THIS

 REASON, ONE TAC HOSP. AT EACH BEDDOWN WAS SELECTED AS COLLECTING

 LABORATORIES. EACH OF OF  TAC HOSP ADDRESSEES IS TASKED TO COLLECT

 STOOL SAMPLES FROM 20 PERSONNEL. THE 836TH, 363RD, AND 833RD ARE

 TASKED TO COLLECT AN EXTRA 15 FOR A TOTAL OF 35 FROM EACH OF THOSE

 THREE LOCATIONS. YOU MAY SELECT YOUR SAMPLE POPULATION FROM ANY

 ASYMPTOMATIC PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO YOUR BEDDOWN. FOR EXPEDIENCY YOU

 MAY USE MEDICAL PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO YOUR UNIT.
 
 3. ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA MAY BE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY IN SPECIMENS

 FROM ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS. IT REQUIRES CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUES

 AND A TECHNICIAN CAPABLE OF DIFFERENTIATING IT FROM OTHER

 NONPATHOGENIC AMEBAE. MOST TAC HOSPS DO NOT CONCENTRATION

 KITS. TO ENSURE RELIABLE, CONSISTENT RESULTS WE WILL USE THE NAVY

 FORWARD LABORATORY AT  JUBAYL. 


 WILLIAM WETLAND, LTC
 SGP , [(b)(2 )]

[(b)(6 )]
 WILLIAM WETLAND, LTC F SGPM, 630
 UNCLASSIFIED 0216002MAR91 

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