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Subject: MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS                                             

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003205

Folder Title: MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS                                                                             

Document Number:          1

Folder Seq  #:         37


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                 FROM: DIRWRAIR WASHINGTON DC IISGRD-UWKII

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         SUBJI MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS

         I- INFORMATION IN READILY AVAILABLE SOURCES @TRAVAX, YELLOW BOOKI

         AND THE GLOBAL EPI WORKING GROUP @GEWGI). SHOWS THE FOLLOWING CONCERN-

         ING MALARIA RISK3

            A- IRAO - CHLOROAUINE SENSITIVE MALARIA TPREDOMINANTLY

      -@EXISTS IN THE NORTHERN-% MOUNTAINOUS PROVINCES! DUMOKI ERBIL,

         KIRKUKI NINAWA, AND SULAIMANIYA- HIGHEST RISK IS BETWEEN MAY AND
         NOVEMBER, BELOW 1,500 METERS*- NO CHLOROAUINE RESISTANT MALARIA-

            S. KUWAIT - NO MALARIA RISKI BUT SEE PARAGRAPH 2 BELOW-

            C- IRAN - MALARIA @MOSTLY VIVAXI RISK EXISTS YEAR-ROUND, WITH

         REPORTS OF CHLOROQUINE RESISTANT FALCIPARUM MALA@IA EXISTING IN THREE

         EASTERN PROVINCES: SISTAN, SALUCHESTAN, AND HORMOZGAN, AND IN NORTH-

       b rRN RURAL AREAS BELOW 1,5130 METERS. THERE IS ONE PUBLISHED REPORT OF

         N VITRO MEFLOQU:RNE RESISTANT FALCIPARUM. MALARIA IN SOUTHEAST IRAN.

            DISCUSSION WITH LTC PERKINSI AN ENTOMOLOGIST HERE AT WRAIR WHO IS
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Document 2 f:/Week-36/BX003205/MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS/malaria prophylaxis:01029715473342
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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX003205
Unit = OTSG
Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS
Folder Seq # = 37
Subject = MALARIA PROPHYLAXIS
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 = 02-JAN-1997