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)



              KING FAHD: 100 CASES, GREEN SALAD FROM USAF
           DINING FACILITY SUSPECTED.

              AL DHAFRA:

                  300 CASES IN 10 DAYS, SUSPECTED
              ICE FROM HOST NATION SOURCE. E HISTOLYTICA,
              GIARDIA AND SALMONELLA IN STOOLS. COLIFORMS
              IN ICE.

                   10 CASESY 6-8 HOURS AFTER EATING
              YAKISOBA IN USAF-SUPERVISED DINING FACILITY.
              SYMPTOMS AND INCUBATION SUGGESTED STAPH
              AUREUS OR BACILLUS CEREUS.

              RIYADH: 400 CASES, SHIGELLA SONNEI;
           SUSPECTED GREEN SALADS PREPARED BY 3RD
           COUNTRY NATIONALS.



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