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P~GE O5 RHIP~~~\\\\         Mci
    C.  ~ TRE~tMENT
IF THE ~GENT H~S EEEN ISOL~TED ~ND IDENTIFIED              SUSCEPTIBILITY
TO CURRENT ~NTIMICROBI~LS SHOULD BE DETERMINED IN ORDER TO GUIDE
THER~PY.   IF THE~~GENT IS UNr:NONN, EMPIRIC           MULTI-DRUG THER~PY


THIS TIME FR~ME SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT
THERE H~S B~~N ~~ BW ~TT~~CF:f. ~ND TO EITHER CONTINUE OR DISCONTINUE
THER~PY.   SUFFICIENT SUPPLIES TO TRE~T EVERY SOLDIER FOR 3C) D~YS
H~VE BEEN PROCURED ~ND ~RE ~V~IL~BLE THROU                   INE MEDIC4L- -
SUPPLY CH~NNELS.


P~GE O6.RHIPH~~~\\\\ ~


                          R~PID IDENTIFIC~TION OF THE ~GENT ~ND ITS
SENSITIVITIES WILL GUIDE THER~PY ~ND COUNTERME~SURES.
3.  (U)   METHODS OF DISSEMIN~TION:
WHILE THE ROUTES BY WHICH INFECTIOUS DISE~SES ~RE NORM~LLY
SPRE~D (~IR, W~TER, FOOD.     INSECT VECTOR) COULD BE USED FOR BW
~TT~CF:f.. ~EROSOLS SEEM THE MOST LIrELY METHOD.           CONT~MIN~TION OF
FOOD OR W~TER SUPPLIES IS FE~SIBLE ~S ~ TERRORIST ~CTIVITY BUT
REL~TIVELY IMPR~CTIC~L CONSIDERING ST~ND~RD N~TER TRE~TMENT ~ND
FOOD PREP~R~TION PROCEDURES.     T~RGETING OF THESE ~TT~Cr:S WOULD
BE VERY. DIFFICULT ~ND ~FFECT ~ R~NDOM POPUL~TION WITH R~NDOM
RESULTS -
BT
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