MEDICAL REPORTING 14 AUG 90

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Subject: MEDICAL REPORTING  14 AUG 90                                    

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                      and contaminated perincal wounds; non-A non-D licpnittis (NANB)-Lmay be entei
                      transmitted (A-like) or parcnierally transmitted (13-liko).
                  Risk Period/Distribution: Year-round, with increased Incidence front October to Dec,
                      countrywide.
                  Reninrks: There arc 100 to 200 reported cases of acute licpnittis annually, mostly attdl
                      A virus (HAV). HAV is circulating widely, although possibly at a lower level than previously
                      especially in Manama, because of improvements in sanitation. Antibodies occur In an esarmt
                      75 percent of children by age 10 and in almost 100 percent of adults. 7lic annual Incidence of aclit 'a'
                      hcpatitis A cases is increasing, due partly to a slightly larger nonlmmunc child population and to
                      the continued circulation of [tic virus. /uilibodies to licpnuds B virus (HBV) occur fit 20 to 40
                      percent of the population. 7le HBV carrier rate is estimated at 2 percent. The delta agent @iDV)
                      has not been reported, but is s@ctcd, Parcnicrally-tr-insmi(ted NANB hepatitis (itepatitis C or
                      IICV) is reported sporadically, but enterically-transmlttcd NANB liepntitis is not reported. liAV,
                      IIBV, and HCV are Lnajor health limrds to nonindigenous personnel.

                             OTIIER DISEASES ENDEMIC IN'I'IIE INDIGENOUS POPULATION

                  Zooiiotic discuses - Brzicellosis (cnzoolic In livestock, rsf?ccially goals and sheep; a common cause
                      of fever in humans in both rual and urban ,itcns; Infection usually contraclcd by consumption of
                      raw dairy products); rnbics (Bahrain is rabics-frcc).
es - Through the end j)f 1989, no cases of AIDS or I 11 V Infections
                      had been officially reported, but cases arc believed to linve occurred.
                  Other infectious diseases -Tuberculosis (endemic, although the annual incidence has been declining
                      (100 cases in 1988) and the prevalcrce Is low, estimated ;it 0.1 to 0.2 percent); ii-nctiomit (common,
                      butincidcnccdecliningbccauscofcontrolmcasurcs);soll-trntisnittie(ilitliiiilittleinfections
                      (roundworm and wliipworm infections occur, but the Incidence Is very low (less titan 5 percent);
                      hookworm infections are uncommon).




























               revised. April 1990

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File Room = may96_declassified
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Box ID = BX001433
Unit = 24TH ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = MEDICAL REPORTING-DIVISION SURGEON
Folder Seq # = 5
Subject = MEDICAL REPORTING 14 AUG 90
Document Seq # = 68
Document Date =
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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 = 19-JUL-1996