DISEASE SURVEILLANCE WK 21 TO 27 OCT 90

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Subject: DISEASE SURVEILLANCE WK 21 TO 27 OCT 90                         

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

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                        ON FIELD SUITAIICK HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO SEAR.                                             Bi
                        X SITE 0 HAS HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH PERSON-TO-PERSON
                        TRANSMISSION OVER THE PAST S WEEKS, WITH RATES AVERAGING 3 PER WEEK.
                        ANOTHER LARGE UNIT LOCATED OX THE SANE CAMP (SHARING THE SAME CROW
                        HALL) HAS HAD LESS DIARRHEA. NO OBVIOUS BREAKDOWNS IN SANITATION ARE
                        EUIDENT.     AN INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING UNIT SURVEY$, IS ONGOING, AND
                        BASIC FIELD SANITATION IS BEIXG EKPHASIZED.
                        B. @ROUP 2 - FIGURES REFLECT THE PERCENT OF THE UNIT SEEN IN
                        SICK CALL FOR THE WEEK) THIS IS A GROUP OF UXITS LIVING UNDER SIMILAR
                        TENT CAN? CONDITIONS IN AN INDUSTRIALIZED AREA.
                                                          UNIT A              UNIT 8
                                                          IT 3242             IT Su
                        HEAT INJURY                       0.00                0.01
                        DIARRHEA/GI                       9.22                0.22
                        DERKATOLOGICAL                    1.39                2.33
                        RESPIRATORY                       0.65                0.67
                        INJURY                            2.41                0.56
                        OPHTHALMOLOGICAL                  0.37                O.Ji
                        PSYCHIATRIC                       0.03                0.00
                        UNEXPLAINED FEVER                 0.06                0.00
ER)                  1.33                3.83
                     E                    TOTAL           1.47                8.56
                     C  SICHIFICANI TRENDS: IIONE.        ]%IS SITE HAS RELATIVELY GOOD LIVING
                        CONDITIONS AND SANITATION FACILITIES COMPARED TO SITE$ C AND D IN
                     T  GROUP 1. THE LARGE FOOD-BORNE OUTBREAK IN LATE SEPTEMBER RESOLVED
                     I  QUICXLY AT THIS SITE, WITH NO EVIDENCE OF OXGOIKG PERSON-10-PERSON
                     o  SPREAD.
                        C 4W GROUP 3 - (FIGURES REFLECT THE PERCENT OF IRE UNIT SEEN IN
                     N  S'ICK CALL DURING THE WEEK) A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA IS FENDING IN THIS
                        GROUP. EACH OF THESE UNITS ROTATES BETWEEN FORWARD FIELD LOCATIONS
                     m  AND A REAR GARRISON CAMP. DIFFERENT CHOW PAILS SERVE THE FRONT AND
                     s  REAR AREAS.              UNIT A          UNIT 8            unif c
                                                 0 33is         PENDING            ?EHDIX@
                     G                           FVD/REAR
                        HEAT INJURY              0.00
                        DIARRHEA/GI              1.4i
                        DERMATOLOGICAL           O.Si
                        RESPIRATORY              0.12
                        INJURY                   1.18
                        OPHTNAL?KOGIC            0.09
                        PSYCHIATRIC              0.00
                        UNE)(PLAINED FEVER       0.00
                        HISC IALL OTHER)         0.80
                                     TOTAL       4.04
                        SIGNIFICANT TRENDS:
                            THERE ARE 4 MAJOR SUB-UNITS WITHIN THIS GROUP. ONE UNIT HAS TWICE
                        THE DIARRHEA RATE OF     THE OTHERS. THOUGH THE EXACT REASON IS NOT
                        CLEAR, ONE DIFFERENCE IS THAT HANDVASKING FACILITIES AND PRACTICES 11
IN IKE UNITS WITH LOWER RATES.
                        D. @ GROUP 4 - THIS IS A GROUP OF UNITS LIUIHG IN A REAR CARRISOX
                        4REA 19 FIXED FACILITIES (AN INDIJSTRIAL WORKERS CANP). LIVING
                        COIIDITIOXS ARE EXCELLENT.        CHOW IS FROM A USHC 9ESS HALL, THOUGH A                      932300/311             02 OF 02 MRAD0461 311/02:001             020939Z Nov
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Subject = DISEASE SURVEILLANCE WK 21 TO 27 OCT 90
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