MEDICAL CHEMICAL INFO UPDATE

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Subject = MEDICAL CHEMICAL INFO UPDATE                                    

Folder Title = FOLDER 4- BIOLOGIC WARFARE BACKGROUND                                                           

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                     Hanson, !,!C, USN

              1. The enclosure was        written by the'head of "he Navv preventive
              medicine team assic3ned to assist the Navv and Marines in Desert
              Shield. (Part a-F 'he       team has established a fairl
                                                                              _y sophisticated
              micrc3bioloov lab at the "Marine Co!-pi@ hospital" that can id
                                                         -Ig ; PO@-ent i@a, E@V.-J e@nt s
             ,disease calising organisms, naiLtdi                                           The
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              enc osed-r-epo-r-E re@present@s a ro@rsensu@s of available opinions.
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              2. 0+ the "WO drugs ment@oned, Do@vcvcljne is a tetrrcvcline-
              li@:e antibiotic that has a wide spectrum of effectiveness. it
              has been around -For about 10 yerrs.           It would be taien twice a
              day, often as a prophylactic measure for R number of diseases,
              even malar@a.      (MEOLCGCO has.-ab.cB.Lt ',Qa,@000----zo@,Ltles in stoc@,.)

              3.   'he other drug, c@                                  is a relatively new
              d-- g--,Rnd ex2guL-,-Lya.   As it is new, few germs have developed anv
                                              4n
              resistance to it a.-id the . 4ectious disease specialists wolild
              I   a tO -ei.,2rve @ ts L@se f pr       P--,5Leci -tsL i nfect ions. We bought
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              some of   it eNpedit4ously                 not on current AMAL'S) to treat
              our recent zases ci                     We don't Leave nuch of it on hand
              (only about ',IC!Cl tablets in stock, @lso taken twice dail)/).

                                                      Very  FZespect-Fully,

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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 = 24-MAR-1997