DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK 26 AUG 13 OCT

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Subject: DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK 26 AUG 13 OCT            

Unit: US NAVY     

Parent Organization: US NAVY     

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Folder Title: COMUSNAVLOGSUPFOR NAVY MEDICAL MESSAGE FILES 1990-1991 CNA 2910                                 

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                        OPERATIONAL. IRIS NESS, LIKE ALL OTHERS IN THE USHC SYSTEM, RECEIVED
                        LOCALLY PROCURED ITEMS FROM A CENTRAL USNC DISTRIBUTION POINT.
                        DIARRHEA RATES PEAKED DURING THE WEEK OF 16 SEPTEKBER, AT IRE SAME
                        TIME AS SIMILAR PEAKS OCCURRED IN MANY OTHER UNITS.
                        SITE C - HAD IRE MOST DRAMIIC EPIDEMIC CURVE, VIIH A CUIWIAIIVE
                        ATTACK RATE OF 29 OF UNIT STRENGTH BETWEEN 19 AND 21 SEPTEMBER.
                        THIS UNIT OPERATES ITS OWN FIELD MESS FACILITY.
                        SITE 0 - 18E UNITS AT SITE D WERE LOCATED AT SITE C UNTIL THE WEEK OF
                        16 SEPTEMBER. THE EPIDEMIC HAS LASTED LONGER At SITE D THAN MOST
                        OTHER SITES. LAB SPECIMENS INDICATE RECENT ACQUISITION Of SHICELLA
                        INFECTION IN SM PATIENTS AT SITE D DURING THE WEEK OF 97 OCTOBER.
                        IRIS UNIT SHARES A CHOW FACILITY WITH ANOTHER LARGE UNIT WHOSE
                        DIARRHEA RATES ARE LOW, MAKING THE CHOW HALL A LESS LIKELY SOURCE OF
                        INFECTION. PERSON-10-PERSON TRANSMISSION KAY BE OCCURRINC AT THIS
                        SITE. AN INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS.
                        B. -M GROD? 2 - THIS IS A GROUP OF UKIIS LIVING ORDER SIMILAR TEXT
                        CAMP CONDITIONS IN A SINGLE GEOGRAPHIC AREA. UNITS A AND C ARE FED
                        FROM A SINGLE CHOV OPERATION. UNIT 8 OPERATES ITS OWN MESS FACILITY.
                        WEEK OF    9/2        gig        9/16        9/23        9130                10/6
              0.79
                    s   N 4001
                    E   UNIT 8                10.5       3.46        9.99        0.89
                    c   x 911
                        UNIT c                0.01       1181        1.96        0.17                0.91
                    T   K 601
                    1   ANALYSIS - THE PATTERNS ABOVE    REFLECT THOSE SEEN      IN MOST OTHER UNITS.
                    0   UNIT 8 HAD THE HOSI DRAMATIC PROBLEM, 12ACED 10 THE 19111AI LACK
                        CHLORINE DISINFECTION OF LETTUCE.
                    N   C. " GROUP 3 - IFIGURES REFLECT THE PERCENT OF THE UNIT SEEN IN
                        SICK CAIL DURING THE WEEK)     THIS UNIT SPENDS THE ILUORITY OF TIME IN
                    m   THE FIELD, WITH SHORT INTERVALS TX A REAR TEXT CAMP. CHOW IS
                    S   RECEIVED FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES IN FORWARD AND REAR AREAS.
                        WEEK OF    3/2        9/3        9/16        9/23        9/30                19/6
                    G   UNIT A                0.05       9.75        5.09        2.19                1. 02

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Subject = DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DIARRHEA OUTBREAK 26 AUG 13
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