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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     PREPARATION-     IGH.
     7. @ AT SHAIKH ISA AIR BASE, THE BASE CHOW HALL HAS BEEN FEEDING      I
     MEAL A DAY, USUALLY INCLUDING FRESH SALADS. FOOD ITEMS ARE FROM NON-
     APPROVED SOURCES, AND FOOD PREPARATION (INCLUDING SALAD) IS CARRIED
     OUT BY BOTH U.S. ANI) LOCAL NATIONALS.   THE FACILITY IS GRADUALLY
     BEING TRANSITIONED TO U.S. CONTROL, ANE) PM RECOMMEN12ATIONS ARE BEING
     MADE. FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS, OVERALL DIARRHEA RATES HAVE EXCEEDED 3
     PER WEEK.
     S. @ OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF DISEASE TRENDS AND PREVENTIVE EFFORTS:
     A. @ HEAT INJURY - HEAT INJURY PREVENTIVE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN
     REMARKABLY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS EXTREME ENVIRONMENT.
     B. @ 13ZARRHEA/GI - THERE ARE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH    THE FOOD
     PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, AND THESE ARE BEING ADDRESSED.
     C. @ DERMATOLOGICAL - HOT, HUMID, DIRTY CONDITIONS HAVE CONTRIBUTED
     TO A RELATIVELY HIGH NUMBER OF HEAT RASH AND FUNGAL DERMATITIS CASES,
     MOSTLY OF A MINOR NATURE.
     0. @ RESPIRATORY - CROWDED CONDITIONS, BOTH IN TENT CAMPS AND IN
     FIXED FACILITIES. HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE RELATIVELY HIGH RATES OF
     RESPIRATORY DISEASE. ESPECIALLY AT SHAIKH !SA. ANECDOTAL ACCOUNTS
     SUGGEST WERY HIGH ATTACK RATES IN SOME UNITS.




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     E. @ INJURY - INJURIES HAVE HAD LITTLE IMPACT ON FORCE READINESS
     THUS FAR.
     F. @ OPHTHALMOLOGICAL      THERE HAVE BEEN FEW CASES OF
     CONJUNCT&VITIS, THOUGH FOREIGN BODY VISITS AT THE FIXED WING BASE
     HAVE BEEN HIGHER THAN OTHER SITES POSSIBLY 13UE TO SAND STORMS) .
     G, @ PSYCHOLOGICAL - THERE HAVE BEEN MINIMAL PSYCH CASUALTIES THUS
     FAR.
     H. +@+ UNEXPLAINED FEVER - THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT FEBRILE
     ILLNESSES IN THE UNITS MONITORED.
     I.      MISCELLANEOUS - NO TRENDS ARE APPARENT
AN DAYS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY THE
     SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM THUS FAR.    THE MAJORITY HAVE BEEN DUE TO
     GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE AT THE FIXED WING BASE.
     9. @ ANECDOTAL INFORMATION-FROM OTHER UNITS WHICH HAVE NOT YET
     REPORTED HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE TRENDS.
     10. @ FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE REPORTED WHEN AVAILABLE.
     It. (U) RELEASED BY RAOM(SEL) R. SUTTON//
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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Declassified = 01-OCT-1996