BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES

File: 120396_sep96_decls75_0001.txt
Page: 0001
Total Pages: 8

Subject: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES                   

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003203

Folder Title: BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES                                                   

Document Number:          1

Folder SEQ  #:        196






                                                                 UNCLASSIFIED


          PPTOPITY                                            - - - - - -


          P@A=@@.IUW PHIPAH@A2=-r44      k-@t'!515,')@,--===-@---PHIHTJAA PHII@IAA PHTTIFAA 'RIJLICHAA
          F,UnDH-"A FIlEf.."jrF PtIHGF@A-@
          P C)51444-Z! JAIA 91                                   DECLASSIFIED
          @l Llc;CIt4CCF-tlT"."CCSGI,@/                          ON: 18 NOV 96
          TO RHIIII(IA Cn]IIJ=iIAPC.FjJTI-'/@.17:"               BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER SEC 3.4 EO
          RUDC-,HAA/(-,'@M(Jc@ARCI=NT MAINi"i                    12958
                                                -LFIIFijT     ;CT,
          PHItiFriA'U=-CEiJT@"F F[1)7 Hi@!=@
          RUHC30AA/
          P,ULIL)HAA
          PHIHIJ-H'H'/"-OCCEt,IT
          INFO F'@UEKJC=@-'JC@@ @@ASHII%JFTOI%J                  F,@
          ST


          '=-Er@TIOrl I lr- 3
          DFFF2D-7SEFT =-IHIEI-!7i@,,'
          I,lc-G I ri'   PF@ll/U@-C--NT@-OM CC=-G@',,
          Amptli@ISUBJECT  -     BIOLOGICI-,  'L "ARFAF,,7                ill@!:IICAL
          PMI:'S /,I    (U) 7JT=FINITION:        A BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT IS 7i7F!tIED BY
          THE IICIRTH ATLA14TIC TREATY OPGA!4'I@"ATIC)i%l
          MICROORGANISM WHICH CAUSES DISEASES IN MAN, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS
          OR CAUSES DETERIORATION OF MATERIAL=-".                      BY CC)II"IF14TIO@l TD'XII%I=- OF
          BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN WHICH PRODUCE DISEASE IN MAN ARE INCLUIDEI3.
                         PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE
                    A. (U)     RECOGNITION OF THE ATTH@C@.-:':
          THE FIRST EVIEIEIICE OF A BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (,TT;iCt..' WILL
          PROBABLY BE A LARGE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES ILL WITH ONE OR MORE
          DISEASES.       ONE MUST FIRST ASI.-: IF All OUTBF,,EAi-.' l@m DUE TO f-, .
          BIOWARFARE ATTACF;'. OR MERELY AN EPIDEMIC OF A NATURALLY OCCURRING




          FAG;= C)-@
          DISEASE. THE FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS MAY HELP ANSWER THESE
         QUE-DTIDI@57
                    -OCCURRENCE OF ACUTELY ILL MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PATIENTS
                    WITH THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF A                            POIIAT-=IOURCE OLJTBPEA[l'
                    -A HIGH TTAC@-.:' RATE OF CLINICAL ILLNESS IN THE POTENTIALLY
                    EXPOSE13 POPULATIO14
                    -THE TYPE OF ILLNESS WILL RT=FLFCT AN UNUSUAL OR "IMPOc@=@IBLE"
                    AGENT FOR THE GEDGFAPHIC AREA
                    -AN UNUSUAL TE@IDE@lCv FOR RESPIRATORY MANIFESTATIONS THAT
                    15 THE SIGNATURE OF THE AEROSOL FOUTP OF INFECTION
                    -AN UNUSUALLY HIGH FATALITY RATE 14ITH LARGE NUMBER OF
                    FULMINATING -HIQZI F@H@i@HL CASES.
                    -THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF DISE@m'ES IS VERY LOCALI@@-7D.
                    -TH E OCCURRENCE OF IIULTIPL@ AGENTS IN c-114GLF7 PATIENTS AT
                    THE SAME SITE. MULTIPL;= EPIDEMICS AT A SINGLE SITE, -AND
                    "13ULTI'PLT7 EPIDEMICS AT IIID=-LV '-MEPAR-HTE@Z, SITEE,.
                    - @@iMULTAtli=DLTS INF;zCTI@@4 GF =@I     .t,4CLE PATIENTS WITH TWO OR
                           Ul@ILI:-U-"L L-,P E"'C.TI-@ P'@THDG@l@J=-



          PRIORITY

Document 8 f:/Week-36/BX003203/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES/biological warfare defense medical guidelines:11259610131215
Control Fields 17
File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX003203
Unit = OTSG
Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES
Folder Seq # = 196
Subject = BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE MEDICAL GUIDELINES
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 25-NOV-1996