STATUS REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL WARFARE VACCINATION AND DEFENSE

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Subject: STATUS REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL WARFARE VACCINATION AND DEFENSE     

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                                      INFORMATION PAPER

                                                               DASG-HCD
                                                               25 Jan 91

           SUBJECT: Status Report on Biological Warfare (BW) Vaccination and
           Defense Program (U)
           1. (U) Purpose: To provide update on BW vaccination and defense
           program in CENTCON.

           2. (U) Facts:
               a.                   anthrax vaccine is being maintained as the
           CENTCOM vaccine reserve for treatment of anthrax exposed service
           members (SMs).
               b.      In the first shipment of anthrax vaccine, there were




               C.      Next shipment of anthrax vaccine         ITB m is
           estimated to depart on 30 Jan 91 arriving in the AOR the next day.
           This shipment should take Ca                    deficit required to
           complete the vaccination for                    and provide for
           vaccination of an additional

               d.  @ In the first shipment of botulinum vaccine, there were
           sufficient doses               Botulinum vaccination program is
           continuing. sufficient doses of botulinum vaccine
           estimated to depart on 30 Jan 91 in the same anthrax shipment above.

                                     botulinum antitoxin will also depart on the
           30 Jan 91 shigment to be distributed according to CENTCOM's plan.
           There wereg6o*--K@,Nral-@Ten the botulinum antitoxin in the first
           shipment.
               f. @ The third shipment                                       in
           blood samples will also depart on the 30 Jan 91 shipment.
           assays for anthrax in blood samples are currently in the AO
           Distribution of these assays is ongoing to medical treatment
            will be prepositioned at the
           U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of  Infectious Disease at Fort
           Detrick as a contingency stock to support the AOR and defensive
           measures against potential terrorist use of anthrax in USAREUR and
           CONUS. USAF and USN will have to establish their requirements for
           procurement.

                                              MAJ Robert Eng/756-8163
           CLASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES           DECLASSIFIED
           DECLASSIFY ON: OADR                       ON: 05 NOV 96
                              UNCLASSIFIED           BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER SEC
                                                     3.4 EO 12958

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