DESERT SHIELD BIOLOGICAL WARFARE HOC WORKING GROUP

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Subject: DESERT SHIELD BIOLOGICAL WARFARE HOC WORKING GROUP              

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003203

Folder Title: MINUTES OF THE DESERT SHIELD BIOLOGICAL WARFARE                                                 

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                                                   UNCLASSIFIED


          SGPS-PSP


          SUBJECT: minutes of the Desert Shield Biological Warfar.
          Hoc Working Group


          1. At 100900 May   1991, Subject group met in Room 640, S.
          6, Falls Church, Virginia. The following individuals we.
          attendance.

              COL Tomlinson - Chairman, OTSG Disease Control Consu
              COL Cammarrata - OTSG Pharmacy Consultant
              COL Erdtmann    OTSG Preventive Medicine Consultant
              COL Kussman    OTSG Medicine Consultant
              COL Oster - OTSG Infectious Disease Consultant
              LTC McKee - USAMRIID
              CDR Oberst - USAMRDC
              MAJ Lipnick - Recorder, SGPS-PSP-D
              MAJ Mason - WRAIR

          2.       The minutes of the 11 April 1991 meeting were r        id
          approved as written.







          4.       Availability of Vaccine. No information was pr         @d
          to the committee on current availability of either anthr
          botulinum vaccines. LTC McKee reported botulinum toxoid
          scheduled to be manufactured at USAMRIID under contract
          the Salk Institute. He also stated there would be diffi         is
          converting the existing facility.

          5. (U) Research Effort.

              a. COL Tomlinson reported talking with TSG referenc
          challenge studies to evaluate the efficacy of combining         kx
          vaccine and ciprofloxacin. TSG agreed with the conmiitte
          recommendation that these studies were not necessary at
          present time.

              b. LTC McKee reported the challenge studies involvi
          inhalation anthrax exposure, found prolonged use (30 day
          antibiotics following anthrax exposure proved to be high
          DECLASSIFIED
          ON: 04 NOV 96                   1
          BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER SEC 3.4 EO 12958

                                                UNCLASSIFIED



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