USNAVLOGSUPFOR DISEASE SURVEILLANCE 20 SEP 90

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Subject: USNAVLOGSUPFOR  DISEASE SURVEILLANCE   20 SEP 90                

Unit: COMUSNAVLOGS

Parent Organization: COMUSCINCCEN

Box ID: BX303804

Folder Title: DISEASE SURVEILLANCE FOR OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 2 - 8 SEP 1990  1 OF 2                         

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      A. @ JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL PORT                 REAR AREA PORT FACILITY, BILLETING
      GP TENTS AN           EHOUSES, MESSING - 2- MRE'S PER DAY, I HOT MEAL (VAT
      CANS).
      B. -@+ 7TH MARINE REGIMENT REAR CAMP 15) - REAR BASE CAMP FROM WHICH
      INFANTRY UNITS ROTATE, BILLETING - FIXED DORMITORIES (AIR-
      CONDITIONED). MESSING - 2 MRE'S PER DAY, I HOT MEAL (MESS HALL).
      C. @ AL JUSAIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - HELICOPTER BASE, BILLETING
      BP TENT CAMP, MESSING - .2 MRE'S PER DAY, 1 HOT MEAL (FIELD MESS) .
      D. -@+ SHAIKH ISA AIRBASE, BAHRAIN - FIXED WING BASE, BILLETING - GP
      TENTS AND BOG (AIR-CONDITIONED), MESSING - 2 MRE'S PER DAY, I CHOW
      HALL MEAL PREPARED BY US AND LOCAL PERSONNEL.
      5. @ RESULTS FOR THE WEEK OF 02 TO 06 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
      LOCATION& (AND OTHER LOCXTIONS).
        JUBXIL PORT            CAMP 15 AL JUBAIL           SHAIKH ISA         TOTAL
                                            AIRPORT
              N-2787           N-1354         N-2500           N-4930       N-11571
      HEAT    0.18             0.07           0.04             0.01           C). 10
      GI      0.83             1.11           2.52             3.33           2.20




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      13ERM 1.83               0.22           1.60             2.88           2.(-)4
      RESP 0.87                0.07           1.48             4.26           2.36
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      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             o.oo           0.04             0.02           0.01
      misc    i.33             1.03           2.60             4.32           2.84
      #SIQ         5                3           UNK               20              2e
        THE  DIARRHEA EXPERIENCE AT         THESE SITES        IS SIGNIFICANT FROM A
      PREVENTIVE MEDICINE POINT OF VIEW. (SEE                  FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS)
      6. @ AT AL JUSAIL AIRPORT, THERE WAS A CLUSTER OF 50 CASES OF
      WATERY DIARRHEA OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD. MANY OTHER CASES APPARENTLY
      OCCURRED WHICH 010 NOT PRESENT TO SICK CALL. INFORMAL OUTBREAK
      INVESTIGATION BY THE SENIOR PHYSICIAN ON SITE IMPLICATED A PARTICULAR
      MEAL SERVED AT THE FIELD MESS, AND A PARTICULAR MENU ITEM (MEAT AND
      GRAVY). THE BASELINE RATE OF DIARRHEA/GI AT THIS SITE WAS
      APPROXIMATELY I PER WEEK BEFORE AND AFTER THIS OUTBREAK. FOOD ITEMS
      DELIVERED TO FIELD MESSES AND CHOW HALLS IN THE THEATER ARE NOT
      CURRENTLY BEING PROCURED FROM APPROVED SOURCES. THIS ISSUE IS BEING
      ADDRES@DEC AT THE CENTCOM LEVEL. LOCAL PMT VIGILANCE ON FOOD



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