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Subject: DIARRHEAL DISEASES                                              

Unit: VAR. BUMED  

Parent Organization: BUMED       

Box ID: BX303811

Folder Title: VARIOUS NAVAL MESSAGES FOLDER 1                                                                 

Document Number:         16

Folder SEQ  #:          2











          viii.       oses -
                 A. Mortality = less than 1%.
                 B. Chronic disease = see complications above.

          1X. Public Health Measures:

                A. Hepatitis A and E:
                   1.  Administer ISG to population at risk; 2-5 ml IM;
                       protection is roughly I month/ml administered.
                   2.  Command emphasis on proper sanitation.
                   3.  Proper food preparation/water purification.
                   4.  Personal hygiene.
                   S.  Hepatitis A vaccine, if available.

                B. Hepatitis B, delta, and C:
                   1.   Vaccinate high risk populations with Hepatitis B
                         vaccine. Vaccination series requires 3 injections
                         at 0, 1, and 6 months.
                   2.  Sexual abstinence or use of barrier (condom)
                       protection.
                   3.  Screening of blood products.
                   4.  Use of barrier precautions by health workers when
                       dealing with blood or other body fluids.



































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Document 28 f:/Week-37/BX303811/VARIOUS NAVAL MESSAGES FOLDER 1/diarrheal diseases:1018961450003
Control Fields 17
File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-37
Box ID = BX303811
Unit = VAR. BUMED
Parent Organization = BUMED
Folder Title = VARIOUS NAVAL MESSAGES FOLDER 1
Folder Seq # = 2
Subject = DIARRHEAL DISEASES
Document Seq # = 16
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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