SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC RPT SELECTED CONDITIONS 25OCT90

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Subject: SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC RPT SELECTED CONDITIONS 25OCT90             

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003205

Folder Title: SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC REPORT                                                                      

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               SUBJECT: SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC REPORT - MED 16


               1. SIX (6) CASES OF FEBRILE ILLNESS COMPATIBLE WITH SANDFLY
               FEVER AMONG SOLDIERS OF 1/505 FIR.     SYMPTOMS: FEVER, WEAKNESS,
               BACKACHE, MYALGIA OR ARTHRALGIA, RETROORBITAL PAIN, NAUSEA, AND
               VOMITING. SIGNS: CONJUNCTIVAL INJECTION. NO FOCAL SITE OF
               INFECTION.


               2. ONSET OF SYMPTOMS: 22 SEP 90 (ALL PATIENTS)

               3. SEVERITY OF ILLNESS: MILD TO MODERATE. FIVE OF THE SIX WERE
               DISCEIAR13ED, IMPROVED, FROM HOLDING BEDS ON 24 SEP 90.

               4. ALL HAD PARTICIPATED IN FOUR (4) DAY TRAINING EXERCISE 17 -
               21 SEP IN REMOTE DESERT SITE WHERE ANIbtALS (CAMELS, DOGS) AND
               THEIR FECES WERE APPARENT. VEGETATION WAS GREATER THAN TYPICAL
               FOR TERRAIN.   SOME PATIENTS NOTED SMALL BITE RARKS ON EXPOSED
               SKIN. NO CONFIRMATION OF PRESENCE OF SANDFLIES YET.


               S. CO    D OF NEXT BATTALION SCHEDULED FOR SAME TRAINING SITE
               WAS BRIEFED ON PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE: UNIFORM WEAR, USE OF
               REPELLANT, TRASH CLEANUP, AND LIMITED USE OF PESTICIDES.

               6. ACUTE PHASE SERA DRAWN FROM PATIENTS. POSSIBLE LOCAL
               LABORATORY SUPPORT FOR SEROLOGICAL STUDIES BEING EXPLORED. PLA@I
               REPEAT CBC IN TWO (2) DAYS TO LOOK FOR LEUXOPENIA. CONVALESCEM'
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