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)




              CAIRO WEST:


                   6 CASES OF AGE IN 3 HOURS. STAPH
              ENTEROTOXIN FOUND IN DINING HALL
              SPAGHETTI SAUCE.

                  8 CASES OVER 24 HOUR PERIOD AND OTHER
              COMPLAINTS IMPLICATED HAM/TUNA CASSEROLE
              LEFTOVER SERVED COLD. INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS
              WERE REHEATED IN A MICROWAVE OVEN.

                  AN OUTBREAK OF AGE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO
              MILK SERVED.AGAINST EH RECOMMENDATIONS.







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