SERE UPDATE NO 21 HEPATITIS

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Subject: SERE UPDATE NO 21 HEPATITIS                                     

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Parent Organization: NAVCENTCOM  

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Folder Title: MISC. UNIT OPSUMS SITREPS DEC 90 CNA 0959                                                       

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    SMN 003429

    CLOSELY MONITORS ALL ASPECTS OF EVASION AND RECOVERY MATTERS
    NnRLDrilDE, THE PURPOSE OF THESE SERE UPDATE MESSAGE$ IS TO PROVIDE
    GUIDANCE AND 1'4FORMATION AS II RECOMES AVAILABLE TO ASSIST
    OPERATIONAL PLANNERSO INTEL BRIEFER$ AND POTENTIAL EVADERS IN
    OEVELNPING EFFECTIVE EVASION AND RECOVERY PLANS AND OPERATICNSV
    2, (J) INFORMATION BELOW SUPPLEMENTS USAFINTEL 400-lio MIDDLE EAST
    SERE CONTINGENCY GUIDEO VOLUME 2 AND COVERS CAPTIVITY RELATED TOPICS9
    REGUEtAf INFORMATION IN THIS SERE UPDATE MESSAGE BE PROVIDED TO
    APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AT ALL LEVELS,
    3, (u) TITLET HEPATITIS IN IRAQ,, AND METHODS OF PREVENTION     AND
    CONTROL UNDER FIELD CONDITIONST
    Al (JOO) PAST DESERTERS FROM THE IRAWI ARMY INDICATE THAT IRAQI FIELD
    SAI,@ITATION PRACTICES DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR WERE OFTEN RUDIMENTARY
    AT BESTT  WATER HAS CONSTANTLY SHORTO PERSONAL HYGIENE POOR,, AND
    HEPATITIS KAND PRESUMABLY OTHER KATERBORNE DISEASESO SUCH AS
    DYSENTERY AND DIARRHEA) WERE COMPONE FURTHERO NEWS REPORTING
    INDICATES IRAQI WATER PURIFICATICN PLANTS ARE DEPENDENT ON IMPORTED
    CHEMICALS AND MACHINERY WHICH HAVE BEEN CUT OFF BY THE BLOCKADET
    HEPATITIS IS EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS AND ENDEMIC TO THE REGION AND ITB
    INHASITANTSO AND EVADERS ON THEIR OWN UR WHO HAVE COME IN CONTACT
    @ITH THE POPULATIONO UR PC)WS/HUSTAGES IN IRAQI CAPTIVITY HAVE THE
    POTEINTIAL TO BE EXPOSED TO THE DISEASE9
    Cl) (U) SYMPTOMS: ABRUPT FEVERO LOSS OF APPETITEO ABDOMINAL
    DISCOMFORT, NAUSEA AND JAUNDICE-YELLOW SKIN COLOR9
    (2) (U) SOURCES$ HEPATITIS IS CAUSED BY A VARIETY OF ORGANISMS
    NHICH.ARE SPREAD THROUGHI FOOD AND WATER CONTAMINATED BY INFECTED
    FECAL MATERIAL OR URINEA SNEEZES AND COUGHS FROM INFECTED PERSONSE
    SHARING EATING/DRINKING UTENSILS WITH AN INFECTED PERSONO USING
    IMPROPEPLY STERILIZED NEEDLES DURING IMMUNIZATIONS OR BLOOD
    TRANSFU31ONSo ETC9
    (3) .(U) PREVENTION AND CONTROLI
) (U) GENERAL PREVENTlOt4g DRINK PURIFIED WATERO IF POS3I$LE9 THE
    BEST WAY OF PURIFYING WATER IS TO BOIL ITe BOIL ALL DRINKING WATER
    AT LEAST TEN MINUTESO INCLUDING PIPED AND SPRING wATERs IF IT 13
    NOT POSSIBLE TO BOIL YOUR DRINKING NATER,, USE THE WATER PURIFYING
    TABLETS I14 YOUR SURVIVAL KITs YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ADDING
    ADDITIONAL WATER PURIFICATION TABLETS TO YOUR PERSONAL SURVIVAL KITs
    WHEN PURIFICATION TABLETS ARE NOT AVAILABLEO YOU CAN USE THE IODINE
    PROVIDED IN YUUR FIRST AID KIT, PUT EIGHT DROPS OF IDDINE INTO A
    QUART OF AATERO SHAKE OR STIRO AND LET STAND FOR TEN MINUTES BEFORE
    DRINKINGs     IF YOU HAVE NO MEANS FOR PROCURING CLEAN RATER OR
    PURIFYING WATER,, AT LEAST REDUCE THE RISK OF DISEASE BY CLEANING THE
    WATER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BY FILTERING IT THROUGH CLOTHO AND EXPOSE
    IT TO DIRECT SUNLIGHT AS ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT FROM THE SUN "ILL KILL
    30ME ORGANISMS9 WASH TRACES OF CONTAMINATED DIRT FROM YOUR HANDS
    BEFORE EATING9 USE SOAP IF IT IS AVAILABLE9 IF NOTO USE $AND AS AN
    ABRASIVE9 KEEP YOURSELF AND YOUR SURROUNDINGS AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLEs
    BURY OR BURN ALL TRASH AND BODILY AASTESI WASH YOURSELF AND YOUR
    CLOTHING AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE9 IF POSSIBLEO AIR DRY THE CLOTHES IN
    SUNLIGHT$ CO@4TROL RODENTS AND INSECTSP ESPECIALLY MOSQUITOESO FLIE$O
    TICKS AND FLEAST FLIESO IN PARTICU@ARO CAN SPREAD HEPATIT13#
    CONSUME ALL EDIBLE FOOD STUFFS TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM NUTRITIONAL

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Subject = SERE UPDATE NO 21 HEPATITIS
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Declassified = 04-NOV-1996