DISEASE RISK ASSESSEMENT PROFILE

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Subject: DISEASE RISK ASSESSEMENT PROFILE                                

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Folder Title: VARIOUS NAVAL MESSAGES FOLDER 1                                                                 

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             It is recommended that personnel be prudent in their contact
         with all domestic and wild animals. General guidance for the
         management of animal bites is found in NAVMEDCOMINST 6220.4,          0
         "Rabies Prevention and Control." If there are any Questions,
         bites of any kind should be reported promptly to local public
         health authorities and/or to NEPMU-7. It is adviseable to have
         Human diploid cell rabies vaccine (HDVC) and rabies immune
         globulin (RIG) for post-exposure treatment should it be indicat-
         ed.

         11. Other Health Considerations

             Low risk. Schistosoma haematobium is endemic in the follow-
         ing areas: northeast in the Bolikh River Basin from the town of
         Tall Al Abyd to Ar Raqqau; in the governate of Raqqah; the
         Jaghjachah, Jarah, Sublak and Ramila River systems, their
         tributaries and canals in the governate of Hasadah; the river
         Euphrates from the areas of Ar Raqqah to the Syrian border,
         including its tributaries (Khabur and Bolikh). Exposure to
         freshwater impoundments should be avoided, or, if impossible,
         minimized.

             Meningococcal meningitis is endemic in Syria, and a current
         (believed Group A) countrywide epidemic has resulted in many
         cases in Damascus during early 1989, the largest reported
         outbreak in recent years. meningitis immunization is recommended
         only for individuals unable to avoid prolonged contact with the
         local population.

         12. Climate Considerations

             Terrain is primarily semi-arid and desert plain; narrow
         coastal plain; mountains in the west. A Mediterranean climate
         exists along the northern coast and seaward slopes of coastal
         mountains. The remainder of the country is desert hot, semi-arid
         and dusty. Adequate fluids, eye and skin protection are recora-
         mended.


         13. References

              Health Information for international Travel, Annual Publica-
         tion, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Department of Health and
         Human Services including the Weekly S"mmary (Blue Book)
              International Travel and Health, Annual Publication, World
         Health Organization

              Weekly Epidemiologic Record, World Health organization
              Disease Occurrence Worldwide, Monthly Publication, Armed
         Forces Medical Intelligence Agency
             The world Facthook, 1989, central intelligence A-
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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX303811
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Subject = DISEASE RISK ASSESSEMENT PROFILE
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 18-OCT-1996