WEST NILE VIRUS VACCINE DEVELOPMENT 7 DEC 90

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Subject: WEST NILE VIRUS VACCINE DEVELOPMENT 7 DEC 90                    

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Folder Title: DESERT SHIELD MEDICAL ISSUES REVIEW AND AD HOC WORKING GROUP                                    

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                                                   UNCLASSIFIED
                               DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
                             WALTER REED ARMY INST@ OF RESEARCH
                               WALTER REED ARMY MED"L CENTER
                                  W"HINGTC)N. DC. 2=7.SIOD
                                  Appendix E


           N REPLY REFER TO,,

       SGRD-UWF-E                                   7 December 1990


       MEMORANDUM FOR Head, Tri-Service Vaccine Task Force

       SUBJECT: West Nile Virus vaccine Development


       1. West Nile fever is a threat to military operations in the
       middle east.

       2. Outbreaks have occurred in Israel and Egypt and other areas.
       occasionally, attack rates are as high as 50%. Clinical
       manifestations include dengue fever-like symptoms: fevers,
       myalgias and rashes. Serosurveys indicate ongoing exposure of
       indigenous populations Vector mosquitoes are present in the
       area of operation Desert Shield. Few of our soldiers can be
       expected to have antibody to this virus.

       3. On 19 November 1990, representatives of the USAMRDC and the
       U.s. Navy Medical Research Institute began a joint effort to
       develop a formalin inactivated vaccine for West Nile fever.
       Exploratory development has begun. Development should be
       accelerated under the present circumstances.

       4. RECOMMENDATION:

          a. A vaccine for West Nile fever should be developed
       immediately.




                                      POC: COL Charles H. Hoke, Jr.
                                            AV 291-2054


                            Declassified per SECARMY by CMH: 10-10-1996

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