A SURVEY OF OUTPATIENT VISITS IN A US ARMY FORWARD UNIT

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Subject: A SURVEY OF OUTPATIENT VISITS IN A US ARMY FORWARD UNIT         

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Folder Title: SURVEY OF OUTPATIENT VISITS DURING OPERATION DESERT SHIELD                                      

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              Acute diarrh@@ caused by Shigella spp. and enterotoxigenic

         Escherichia            problem encountered in U.S. Army, Navy and

         Marine for             ring the early months of Operation Desert

         Shield. \V            own in neighboring countries, presumably
         fear,        th human waste, were probably the initial source of
         e@           gens. 11, 12 Many cases of diarrhea in these units also

               ly occurred as a result of secondary person-to-person
         spread."

             Compared to other military units, the 3d ACR experienced
         comparatively little diarrheal illness."""" This was probably

         due to communication by the Navy Forward Lab of diarrheal illness

         transmitted by fresh vegetables when the 3d ACR arrived in

         theater and excellent support from 3d ACR commanders. With

         command support, fresh, potentially contaminated vegetables were

         excluded, and the use of portable hand washing facilities near

         latrines and mess halls was enforced.

             Three localized outbreaks of diarrheal illness occurred.

         The first two outbreaks occurred in two separate self-propelled

         Howitzer companies belonging to different squadrons. Diarrheal

         symptoms were relatively mild. Natural separation of the two

         companies from other units in the squadron kept the illness

         confined. The third outbreak of diarrheal illness was more

         severe and occurred in the aviation squadron one to two days

         after Christmas dinner. This was the only squadron to

         inadvertently receive fresh vegetables while in the field and

         only received them on this one occasion. Investigation of this

         outbreak revealed that the vegetables were incompletely

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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 01-OCT-1996