MEDICAL REPORTING 14 AUG 90

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Subject: MEDICAL REPORTING  14 AUG 90                                    

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                                                                                               UNITED AnAg EMIFIATES,




                   DISEASES WITII LONG INCUBiVrION PERIODS (USUALLY MORr,,-IIIAlq 15 DAYS)

              VIRAL IIEPA-NTTS (15 to 180 days)
                   Transmission: Hcpati@ A (IIAV)-pcrsoji to person by the fccal-orat mute; hepatitis 13 OIBV)
                       contact with causative agent @ougli blood transfusions, contaminated needles, sexual contac4
                       and contaminated pcrincal wounds; noti-A non-B hepatitis (NANB)-may be cnic
                       transmitted (A-like) or parenterally transmitted (B-likc).
                   Risk Perlo()/Distribtitlon: 'Year-round, with increased Incidence from October to Dec
                       Occurs countrywide.
                   Remarks: There are 600 to 800 reported cases of ticuto hepatitis annually, most or tile
                       hcpa(i(is A virus (HAV). HAV is circulating widely, but Improvements in sonitau
                       the level of circulation, especially in Abu Dliibi and Dtibal. Antibodies occur In at
                       percent of children by age 10, and In nimost 100 percent of adults. Antibodies to It          8 v
                       OIBV)occurin2Oto.4Opcrcentofiliapopulation.l'hollBVcarriettatelsesdinateda12percent.,
                       'Mc delta agent (HDV) has not been reported but Is suspected. Parenterally-itatismftlcd NANB
                       hcpatilis (lielmtilis C or HCV) is reported sporadically. Etitctically-imnsmlttcd NANB liep,@ilitis
                       has not been reported. liAV, HBV, and IICV are major health hazards to nonindlgcnotis personnel.

                             O'NIER DISEASES ENDEMIC IN'nlE INDIGENOUS POPULWFION
                   Zoonotic diseases - Enicellosfs (cnzootic In livc;(6ck, rspccltily goats; a common cause of revot In
                       liumans,espcciallyinthesummer,inbotitruralandurbanatcas;inrccdo,iiisuallycontractcdby
                consumption of raw dairy products); rnbles (cnzoolic la [lie fox population and dingnosed
                       sporadically in stray dogs, but there have been no reported cn= In humans).
                   Sexually trnnsmitted diseases - Through [lie end of 1989, only 2 cases of AIDS lied been officially
                       rcportcd,butaticast22personsliavcdicdofAIDSandanotlicr262individu-,ilsnrotcportedto
                       have IJIV Infections.
                   Other Infections diseases-Ttiberctilosts (endcmic, but tiicannual in6ideticelins been declining
                       (300 cases in 198?) and the prevalence is low (estimated tit 0.1 to 0.2 percent)); ttitclit)nin (cases
                       are common, but control measures arc lowering the Incidence); soil tratisriii(fetl fielniln(life
                       Infections (roundworm, hookworm, and wliipworrn Infections occur among tionljidigcnous
                       workers, but [lie incidence is. very low, especially for hookworms, among the ltidigcnous
                       population).

















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