PREVENTIVE MEDICINE INFO UPDATED DISRAP 23 AUG 90

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Subject: PREVENTIVE MEDICINE INFO UPDATED DISRAP  23 AUG 90              

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Folder Title: CONVULSION ANTIDOTE FOR NERVE AGENT EXPOSURE                                                    

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       PLAr.uE IMI@UNIZATIONS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ROUTINE PORT VISIT$,
       S.   DISEASE VECTOR INFORMATION. IMPORTANT MALARIA VECTt3R$ COULD
       INCLUDE ANOPHELES CULIFCIES t AN, SUPERPICTUS t ANg STEPHERSI t ANs
       FLUVIATILIS t A@l, POLCHERRIMUS    AN, PERGENTII AND AN, PULIICDLOR *
       AN* SERGENTII t AN, MULIICOLOR     AN, FLIJVIATILIS AND AN, PULCHERNIMUS
       HAVE BEEN REPORTED RESISTANT TO DIELDRIN AND LINDANE#      AN.
       MULTICOLOR AND AN* STEPHEPVSI HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED RESISTANT To
       DDT#   AEDES AEGYPTI WOULD BE THE MAIN VECTOR OF DENGUE,       AE,
       AEGYPTI IS KNOWN TO BE RESISTANT TO DDTT DIELDRIN AND LINDANE,
       CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS 13 VECTORED By THE SANDFLY PHLEBOTOMUS
       SERSENTI ,
       9,   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES,     LOW RISK. ALL FORMS ARE
       REPORTED TO BE PRESENT IN AT LEAST LOW ENDEMIC LEVELS, PPNG HAS BEEN
       REPORTED IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE* GONORRHEA CASES WERE REPORTED 16,$
       PER IOPDDO POPULATION, NO AID$ CASES HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY REPORTED
       TO THE WHO,    AVOIDANCE OF SEXUAL CONTACT 18 THE BEST PREVENTrONe BUT
       IF CONTACTS OCCURP *SAFEO SEXUAL PRACTICES, SUCH AS USE OF CONDOMSP
       ARE STRONGLY ADVISED* TREATMENTS AND CONTACT MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE IN
       ACCORDANCE @'ITH NAVMEDCOMINST 622Z9l AND THE SEP Is 1989* 14M"Rp '1989



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       SEXIIALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE GUIDELTNES,X CVDL, 38t NO* 8-8)
       10*   ANIMAL ASSOCIATED DISEASES* LO'4 RISK. RABIES 13 REPORTED TO
       BE EN700TIC COUNTRYlvIDE AT LO?l LEVELS. THE EASTERN PROVINCE HA$ A
       MODERATE ENDEMIC LEVEL FROM KUftAIT TO THE UAE, IHE RESERVOIR IS THE
       FOX POPULATION, RISK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR ALL URBAN AND RURAL
       AREAS, IT IS RECOM4ENDED THAT PERSONNEL BE PRUDENT IN THEIR CONTACT
       WITH ALL DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMALS, AENERAL GUIDANCE FOR THE
ANAGENTENT OF ANIMAL BITES IS FOUND llv NAV?4EDCOMIN$T 6220,4t NRABIES
       PREVENTION AND CONTROL** IF THEKE ARE ANY QUESTIONSP BITE$ OF ANY
       KIND SHOULD SE REPORTED PROMPTLY TO LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES
       AND/OR TO NEPMU-7* IT IS ADVISEABLE TO HAVE HUMAN DIPLOID CELL
       RABIES VACCINE CMDVC) AND RABIES IMMUNE GLOBULIN CRIG) FOR
       PTIST-EXPOSURE TREATMENT SHOULD IT BF INDICATED* LOA RISK. RISK OF
       BRUCELLOSIS (4,6 CASES PER tOrOOO POP* REPORTED) IS LOW AND
       ASSOCIATED PRIMARILY WITH CONSUMPTION OF UNPASTEURIZED DAIRY
       PRODUCTS,   LOW RISK, SEA SNAKES OF TtiF FAMILY HYDROPHIDAE ARE
       NATIVE TO THE PERSIAN GULF# AND MAY BE DANGEROUS TO DIVERS. THEY
       RARELY ATTACK MAN UNLESS PROVOKED.
       110   OTHER HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS*     LOW RISK. RISK OF
       SCHI$TDSOMIASTS I$ DEPENDENT ON EXPOSURE TO FRESH "AIER IMPOUNDMENT$P



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       BOTH SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM AND So MANSONR ARE MODERATELY ENDEMIC*
       RISK IS IN WIDELY SCATTERED AREAS COUNTRYWIDE, ANNUALLY# 12-1$PODO
       CASES OF SCHI$TDSOMIASIS ARE REPORTED, RISK FREE AREAS INCLUDE THE
       CITY CENTERS OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES: JEDDAHP MECCAR MEDINAP RIYAD)it
       TABOUK* TAIFP AS WELL AS THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE PERSIA14 GULF*
       EXPOSURE TO FRESHAATER IMPOUNDMENTS SHOULD BE AVOIDED OR* IF
       IMPOSSIBLEO, MINIMIZED. LOW RISK, A LARGE SERDCROUP A IAENINGUCOCCAL
       OUTBREAK FULLOAED THE 1987 MECCA PILGPRMAGE, RISK GROUP INCLUDES
       INDIVIDUALS wHO SHARE HOUSING WITH ASYMPTOMATIC MOST NATIONALS
       POTENTIALLY HARBORING MENRNGOCOCCAL ORGANISMS, A VACCINATION
       CERTIFICATE IS REWUIRED FROM ALL INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS FROM


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