MESSAGE SPECIAL WEEKLY WIRE 48 90A

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Subject: MESSAGE  SPECIAL WEEKLY WIRE 48 90A                             

Box ID: BX001428

Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent  Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title: INCOMING MESSAGES  DESERT SHIELD   MEDDAC   DEC                                                 

Folder Seq #:        383

Document Number:         12

Document Date: 

Scan Date: 03-JUN-1996









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    OCTOBER THROUGH DECFMBE                      TiiF, LONG INCURATIO.@,' PERIOD (15-
                               @Rt AND DUE TO
    180 DAYS) AN[) LENGTH OF DEPLOYMEftiT      CLINICAL CASES MAY BEGIN To nccup
    li% INCREASED FREQUENCY IN MILTTAPY PERSONNEL NOT PROTECTED BY IMMUNE
    SERUM GLOBULIN (ISC,). HEPATITIS A CAUSES APPROXIMATELY 50 PEPCEt4T OF
    THE CLINICAL CASES (MOSTLY CHILDREN) OF ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS IN THE.
    INDIGENOUS POPULATION.
    4. VECTORSORNE DISEASES' IN ENDEMIC AREAS (SOUTHWEST SAUDI APABIAT
    YFMENI AIVI) OM4N)v MALARIA TRANSMISSION PEAKS FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH
    APRIL. MOSOUTTO POPULATIONS WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE AMOUNT OF
    RAINFALLT AND VECTOR SURVEILLANCE WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR ASSESSING
    RISK IN SPECIFIC AREAS. COMPETENT MALARIA VECTORS APE PRESENT IN
    AREAS WHERE MALARIA TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED (EASTERN SAUDI




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    ARABIA, KUWAIT* AND SOUTHERN TRAG) , WITH THE INFLUX OF MAI-ARTA
    CARRIERS AND REDUCED VECTOR CONTROL MEASURESW RESURGEMCF. MAY f.)CCUP.
    PLASMOf)ltl)M'VTVAX* FOLLOWED 'BY;P. FALCIPARUM* WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY
    FORMS OF MALARIA TO BE INTRODUCED INTO SOUTHERN TRAO AND KUWAIT. RISK
    FROM ARBOVIRAL FEVERS (SANDFLYT CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC, WEST P@ILF
    DENGUE, AND SINDfiZS) IS REDUCED DURING COLDER MONTHS. RISK FROM
    CUTANEOUS AND VISCERAL LETSHMANIASIS TS LOW DURING THIS PERIOD
    (TRANSMISSION PEAKS FROM APRIL TO SCPTEi4gER); HOWEVEqt DUE TO THE
    LONG INCUBATION PERIOD (I WEEK TO MANY MONTHS) AND LENGTH OF
    DEPLOYMENT@ CLINICAL CASES MAY BEGIN TO OCCUR IN TNCT?EASED FR?EQUENCY
    TN MILITARY PFRSONf4EL. INTESTINAL AND URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS RISK l@
    LOWER DURING WINTER MONTHS (TRANSMISSION OCCURS YEAR-ROUND WITH PIFAVIZ
    FROM JI)NF THROUGH SFPTFM;3FR)      HOI.F.VER, DUE In THE          INCUBATIOAT
    PERIOD (2 TO A WEEKS) AND LENGTH OF nFPI.,OYMENT* CLINICAL CASES MAY
TO OCCUR IN INCREASED FREQUENCY IN mlt.TTARY PFPSOAIFJEL.
    9. OTHER OPFRATIONAI-t,,Y IMPORTANT NISFASFS: RISK PROM INFLUENZA IS
    -LAIGHFST FROM OECF@lFiER THROUGH FEP,@ZUARY'. OURTmr, THE IATF 19801S.
    ISOLATES OF TNFL-IJE@IZA A(H3N?) PRFnot',TNATFO OVER THOSE FOR A(HIftAll 46?n
    ,I. ME,4TNIFOCOCCAL MF,:9TN(31TIS RISK TS ELEVATED FROM fttnVFTA@iER THPOURH
    FEBRUARY AND TS (,RFATF'.-,T FOR. PERSONNEL, HAVING CT-OSF (,OAII-A('T WITH



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    LOCAL NATIONALS, PARTICULARLY CHTL09F.%         GROUP A OPFT)OMIAIATES,
    ALTHOUGH ALL GROUPS ARF REPORTED (RFPCRTTNC, nP GROUP W139 ISOIAT;7S
    INCREASED 1)(JRTNf, THE LATr7 19Bf)'S@.
    t,. OTHER NTSFASFS E-NDEMIC TN THE LOCAL POPUIATIORJ: FDTDFMTC I-NUSF-
    BORNE TYPHUS TS MORE PREVALENT IN@' COLDER MONTHS A'Jn COi@MnNtY TS
    ASSOCIATED WTTK OVFPCROWF)TNG, TRAINSIC'NT POPULATIONS           I!AOOVERTSHF%)
    PEOPLE. AIYO POOR SANITARY CONDITIONS. STRAY nnG tkNO CAT @nP[JI-ATI')@IS
    USUALLY DECLINE IN WINTER MONTHS, F)FCREASING (NOT Et,IMINATINCl THF.


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File Room = may96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-22
Box ID = BX001428
Unit = 24TH ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = INCOMING MESSAGES DESERT SHIELD MEDDAC DEC
Folder Seq # = 383
Subject = MESSAGE SPECIAL WEEKLY WIRE 48 90A
Document Seq # = 15
Document Date =
Scan Date = 14-JUN-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 14-JUN-1996