EXOTIC DISEASES

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Subject = EXOTIC DISEASES                                                 

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit = 24TH ID     

Folder Title = PERIOD COVERING THE PERSIAN GULF WAR SOUTHWEST ASIAN THEATER                                    

Document Number =         33

Box ID = BX001444




                    FOODBORNE ILLNESS (CONT)




              AUGUST 1990 - SME'S:
                 JEDDAH- 70 CASES, HOTEL RESTAURANT SUSPECTED
                 BATEEN: 30  - 40 CASES DAILY FOR 7 - 10 DAYS.
              SUSPECTED ICE   FROM HOST NTION SOURCE.
              E. HISTOLYTICA AND GIARDIA IN STOLS, COLIFORMS
              IN ICE.
                 AL MINHAD:  30 - 40 CASES DAILY FOR 14 DAYS.
              E. HISTOLYTICA IN STOOLS. SUSPECTED VEGETABLES
              FROM HOST NATION FEEDING FACILITY. SANITATION
              GROSSLY INADEQUATE.
                 MASIRAH: 65 CASES. SUSPECTED FRESH
              VEGETABLES. SEVERAL SANITARY DISCREPANCIES.
                 FLIGHT SURGEON REQUESTED HELP[ - EH & BEE
              TECH AUGMENTATION.

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