NAVCENT DISEASE SURVEILLANCE WEEK OF 2 TO 8 SEP 11 SEP 90

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Subject: NAVCENT  DISEASE SURVEILLANCE WEEK OF 2 TO 8 SEP  11 SEP 90     

Unit: COMNAVCENT  

Parent Organization: COMUSCINCCEN

Box ID: BX303804

Folder Title: DISEASE SURVEILLANCE FOR OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 2 - 22 SEP 1990  1 OF 2                        

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               provider to provider.
               e. It is difficult to identify all units in the area of
               operations, and to enroll them in the surveillance system.

          5. Areas being monitored can presently be divided into 4 major
          geographic locations (Unit identities are not given in this
          unclassified version):

          PIER        = Rear area port facility
                          Billeting - GP tents and warehouses
                          Messing - 2 MRE's per day, 1 hot meal (vat cans)

          REGIMEN     = Rear base camp from which infantry units rotate
                          Billeting - fixed dormitories (air-conditioned)
                          Messing - 2 MRE's per day, I hot meal (messhall)

          HELO        = Helicopter base
                          Billeting - GP tent camp
                          Messing - 2 MRE's per day, I hot meal (field mess)

          FIXED WING = Fixed wing base
                          Billeting - GP tents and BOQ (air conditioned)
                          Messing - 2 MRE's per day, 1 chow hall meal
                                       prepared by US and LOCAL personnel


          6. Results for the week of 2 to 8 September:

               NOTE: Population numbers at each site represent only those
          units which have thus far reported weekly summaries. Data is
          pending from other units at these locations (and other
          locations).

                      PIER      REGIMEN         HELO      FIXED WING       TOTAL
                      N=2787    N=1354          N=2500    N=4930         N=11571

          HEAT        0.18%     0.07%           0.04%     0.01%            0.10%
          GI          0.83%     1.11%           *2.52%    *3.33%           2.20%
          DERM        1.83%     0.22%           1.60%     2.88%            2.04-%
          RESP        0.87%     0.07%           1.48%     4.26%            2.36%
     1.01%
          EYE         0.11%     0.07%           0.44%     0.41%            0.30%
          PSYCH       0.14%     0.00%           0.04%     0.08%            0.07%
          FEVER       0.00%     0.00%           0.04%     0.02%            0.01%
          misc        1.33%     1.03%           2.60%     4.32%            2.84%

          #SIQ          5          3             unk        20               28

          *The diarrhea experience at these sites is significant from a
          preventive medicine point of view. (see following paragraphs)

          7. At the HELO base, there was a cluster of 50 cases of watery

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