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File: 970519_dec96_decls6_0001.txt
Subject = DISEASE SURVEILLANCE COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR 27NOV90
Parent Organization = SECDEF
Unit = HQMC
Folder Title = OPERATION DESERT SHIELD MESSAGE FILE 27 NOV 90 SEC 2 OF 2
Document Number = 56
Box ID = BX600083
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SECTIONAL MESSAGE SECTIONAL MESSAGE
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DESERT.S IELR ORLINGTON ANNEX DESERT SHIELD
"..v .... . UNCLASSIFIE ESSAGE CENTER .................
PRIORITY ZYUW RUFRSM5A5S 3342j54 HEAT INJJRY 0.00 0.00
P 2704391 WV 90 DIARrJiEAIGI 0.16 0.33
FM CCMSNAVLOGSUPFORI/Ngl/ DERMATOLOGICAL 1.52 1.65
TO USCIMCCENTI/CCSG// MRSNAVCEW@ RESPIRATORY 0.59 (1)1.21
COK'JSKARCfgi//SURG// RHED WASHINGTON DC/10010241/ INJURY 2.15 1.76
CG FIRST MARDIV/ISIJRG// RtriJGFBICG THIRD KAVI/SURGI/ OPHTHALMOLOGICAL 0.35 0.44
CG FIRST FSSG/ISURG// DOC WASHINGTON DC/IKED/f PSYCHIATRIC 0.03 0.00
DIRWRAIR WASHINGTON DC//SGRD-UWE// UNEXPLAINED FEVER 0.00 0.00
KE07RE FAC COMFORT NEOTRE FAC MERCY 'NISC (ALL OTHER) 1.38 1'76
FLMP FIVE COMIDEASTFORI/014/1 TOTAL 8.64 7.17
RAVENPVNTHEOU TWO MDRFOLK VA//JJJII SIGNIFICANT TREADS:
NAVENPVNTHEDU FIVE SAN DIEGO CA//JJJII . ..... ATORY DISEASE INCREASED 50 PERCENT FROM LAST WEEK AT SITE
RAVERPVNTHEDU SIX PEARL HARBOR HI/IJJJ/1 THIS UNIT LIVES IN GP MEDIUM TENTS. AND ALSO HAS AN INDOOR
KAVENPVNTKEDU SEVEN MAPLES rF//JJJ/1 VDRtrRACE IN SEALED AIR CMTTIORED TENTS. HEA@-TO-ME SLEEPING AND
SAVENVIRHLTHCEN NORFOLK VAI/JJJ// K61=ASHING HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZED.
RAVMEDRSCHU THREE CAIRD EG//33311 GROUP 3 - EACH OF THESE LIMITS RDTATES BETWEEN FORWARD FIELD
NAVMEDATASERVCEN BETHESDA MD//JJJ/1 L6CAIT DNS AND REAR GARRISON CAMPS. FIGURES REFLECT PERCENT OF UNIT
ZEN/CCMCBPAC FOXTROT DELTA//KED// SEEN IN SICK CALL)
(X)LNIT A (XX)'.VfT B twil C
/IN06440// N-2760 U-3620 N 2455
SECTION 01 OF 02 HEAT INJURY 0.00 0.00 0.00
OPERIDESERT SHIELD// DIARRHEA/GI (X)2.79 XX)1.02 0.57
K%ID/SYS.RIM/CCkUSNAVLOGSUPFOR/-/WOV/1 DEENATOLOGICAL 0.93 0.44 0.69
AMPNISUBJ: DISEASE SURVEILLANCE - RAYY/KARINE UNITS FOR WEEK CE 11 RESPIRATORY 0.29 0.17 0.37
TO 17 NOVEMBER 44M// INJURY 1.09 0.39 0.81
IMXS/1. -4) FOR THE WEEK OF 11 NOVEMBER. DATA IS AVAILABLE FOR 35.372 OPHTHALMOI@OGIC 0.14 0.08 0.16
PERSONNEL (INCLUDING M LOCATED USAF UNIT AND ARMY UNIT). PSYCHIATRIC 0.00 0.00 0.00
2. Z SLWARY OF OVIRALL DISEASE TRERDS: UNEXPLAINED FEVER 0.04 0.00 0.00
A. DIARRHEA - SPECIFIC FIELD LIN ITS SERVED BY A LARGE VAT CAN KISC (ALL OTHER) 0.47 0.71 1.06
OPERATION ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE HIGH DIARRHEA RATES (OVER 2 PERCENT TOTAL @.55 2.87 3.87
PER WEEII. SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CHDW HALL FACIL M HAVE SIGNIFICANT TRENDS:
BEEN MAD . AND CLOSE MONITORING COME MES. LACK OF FEMASHING IN (X) DIARRHEA RATES IN UNIT AINCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. WITH CASES
THE FIELD PROBABLY CONTRIBUTES 70 RATES AT MR OF THESE SITES. CLUSTERED EARLY IN THE WEEK. SUGGESTING A COMMON SOURCE (EITHER VAT
B. TM UNITS LIVING IN MORE IMPROVED CONDITIONS (WITH GU PERSONAL CAN CHOW. OR A LARGE PICNIC HELD 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE GUOREAK).
HYGIENE FACILIYI CONTINUE TO HAVE VERY LOW DIARRHEA RATES. (XI) DIARRHEA RATES WARY WIDELY AMONG THE COMPONENTS OF UNIT B. VAT
E@S. THE CHARACTER Of DIARRHEA IS REPDRTEDLY CAR CHOW IS SUSPECTED. THE CHOW HALL HAS NDVED TO A )Cj@H IMPROVED
C. T" IN MANY UV
CHANGING. WITH NAUSEA/VOkTTING PREDOMINATING IN A HIGHER PROPDRTION FIELD STYE. AND PR(XECURES ARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED.
OF CASES. CULTURES ON RECENT SPECIMENS HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED BACTIAlAi E. "GROUP 4 - THIS IS A GOP OF UNITS LIVING IN A REAR GARRISON
PATHOGENS. SUGGESTING A POSSIBLE SHIFT TO VIRAL ETIOLOGY. VIRAL AREA IN AN INDUSTRIAL WDRKIRS CAMP. FIGURES REFLECT PERCENT OF LIMIT
STUDIES ARE PENDING. SEEN IN SICK CALL)
D. 4" RESPIRATORY DISEASE IS RISING IN S014E LIMITS. Ttoo NO CLEAR- UNIT AUNIT 6 UNIT DUNIT E
CUT AREA-WIDE TREND IS EVIDENT. ANECDOTAL INFOFMA71OR SUGGESTS 1 318 N 272 k 495 R 528
ACTUAL ArrACI RATES ARE PROBABLY HIGHER THU SICK CALL FIGURES HEAT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
SUGGEST. FW VACCINE POP.$X. HWVASHIVO. AND HEAD-TO-TOE COT DIAR/Gl 0.31 0.37 0.20 0.38
ARRANGEMENTS CONTINUE TO BE EMPHASIZED. otrx 0.63 1.84 1.01 0.19
3. SPECIFIC SURVEILLANCE DATA: RUP 1.36 2.21 1.01 0.38
A. GRDUP I - (FIGURES REFLECT PERCENT OF UNIT SEEN IR SICK CALL INJURY 0.00 4.04 1.21 0.00
DU IA THE WEEK) opffh 0.00 1.01 0.20 O.DO
SITE A SITE 8 I)SM C (XI)Sl7E D PSYCH 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1-5800 N-2348 N-3DOO N-600 FEV 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00
HEAT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 gisc 0.94 0.74 0.80 0.96
DIARRHEAIGI 0.38 0.25 (1)1.40 (XX)5.67 TOTAL 3.14 10.29 4.44 1.89
OErJ4ATOLOGICAL 1.14 0.34 1.16 1.50 SIGNIFICANT TRENDS: ALL UNITS A, THIS SITE HAVE SHOW GRADUAL
RESPIRATORY i.as 0.04 0.63 0.50 INCREASES IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. DIARRHEA
imil.,RY 1.00 1.36 1.20 2.33 IS NOT A PROBLEM Al THIS SITE. WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN
OPHNIALHOLOGIC 0.14 0.21 0.40 0.50 PERSONAL HYGIENE IS WM.
PSVEHIATRIC 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 F. 40) GROUP 5 - FORWARD LOGISTICS (COMBAT SUPPORT) BASES:
UNEXPLAINED FEVER 0.00 0.04 0.03 a.co LIMIT A X)UN17 B
NISC (ALL OTHER) 2.45 1.53 0.70 0.17 1 600 R 428
TOTAL 6.65 3.80 5.53 10.67 HEAT INJURY 0.00 0.00
SIGNIFICANT TRENDS; DIARRHEA/GI 0.50 (X)1.40
X) DIARRHEA RATES AT SITE C ARE FALLING FROM LAST WEEI. DERMATOLOGICAL 1.17 0.70
IXX) THE APPARENT PERSON TO PERSON TRANSMISSION OF DIARRHEA CONTINUES RESPIRATORY 0.83 1.64
AT THIS SITE. NDRE AGGRESSIVE COMMAND EMPHASIS ON MMEFXEASURES INJURY 1.33 1.97
HAS BEEN 067ATNED. A PREDOMINANCE OF IWJSEA/VCMrTING MS BEEN WOTED 079MU40LOGICAL 0.17 0.23
IN MANY PATIENTS. RISX FACTOR SURVEYS CONTINUE. 17
S. e" GROUP 2 - LARGE TEST CAXPS IN AN IN'USTRIALIZED AREA (FIGURES
REFLECT THE PERCENT OF THE UNIT SEEN IN SICK CALL FOR THE WEEK) FINAL SECTION OF 02
UNIT A (X)UgrF B PSYCHIATRIC 0.00 0.00
M-3760 M-907 UNEXPLAINED FEVER 0.00 0.00
NISC (ALL OTHER) i.00 0.93
CXC WASH DC la 16TAL 5.00 6.78
ACTION RED(L) (U.7.F) SIGNIFICANT TRENDS:
INFO INT(2) P(l) PL(l) MP(l) SO-LIC(l) MI(t) NAM(L) (X) Al SITE B. 5 OF THE 6 DIARRHEA CASES OCCURRED IN ONE C04PANY FROM
FOC(L) PO(l) POR(L) WPCERC(L) M4PCOII(I) MIPC4(2) 05 TO 08 WV. IWESTIGATIOAI REVEALED THAT INDIVIDUALS HAD CONSUMED A
TFX CK(I) AHRO(L) OUN90@ §)Fojf EYA' DIP WHICH HAD BEEN UNREFRIGERATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
DECLASSIFIED MCN=90334/39 .9@§4 rAD-90334/2226Z CDSN-MABO26 . .
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270439Z NOV 90
ON: SEERE:F 02 SECT MSG
BY: DON GWDP IAW OPNAVINST 5513. SERIES
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