CDRS UPDATE ON THE LEISHMANIASIS IDENTIFIED IN SWA

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Subject = CDRS UPDATE ON THE LEISHMANIASIS IDENTIFIED IN SWA

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   Subject: D*MSG: COMMANDERS UPDATE ON THE LEISHMANIASIS IDENTIFIED IN

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   SUBJECT: COMMANDERS UPDATE ON THE LEISHMANIASIS IDENTIFIED IN
   SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM SOUTHWEST ASIA (SWA)
   A. MSG 121853Z NOV 91, SUBJECT: LEISHMANIASIS IDENTIFIED IN
   SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM SOUTHWEST ASIA (SWA)
   B. MSG 08210OZ NOV 91 SUBJECT: DEFERRAL OF MILITARY DONORS
   1. DISSEMINATE TO COMMANDERS AT ALL LEVELS.
   2. THIS IS TO INFORM COMMANDERS OF AN INFECTION DUE TO THE
   PARASITE LEISHMANIA TROPICA AMONG A SMALL NUKMBER OF MILITARY
   PERSONNEL WHO DEPLOYED TO SOUTHWEST ASIA (SWA) DURING THE GULF WAR
   (REF A). TO DATE, ONLY SEVEN CASES HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AT WALTER
   REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER (WRAMC). NORMALLY, IN INFECTION WITH
   LEISHMANIA TROPICA RESULTS IN SKIN SORES ONLY; HOWEVER, ALL OF
   THESE CASES WERE FREE OF SKIN SORES AND, IN EACH CASE, THE PARASITE
   WAS RECOVERED FROM THE BONE MARROW. (FIVE OF THE SIX SYMPTOMATIC
   CASES HAVE ALREADY BEEN TREATED, DID WELL, AND ARE BACK TO DUTY).
   ONE OF THE SEVEN CASES WAS TOTALLY ASYMPTOMATIC.




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   3. RISK FACTORS FOR THESE SEVEN CASES ARE NOT WELL DEFINED AT
   THIS TIME. THESE SOLDIERS WERE MEMBERS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT ARMY
   UNITS WIDELY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE SWA THEATER OF OPERATIONS IN
   BOTH FIELD AND URBAN SETTINGS. NAVY, MARINE, AIR FORCE AND CIVILIAN
   PERSONNEL WHO WERE STATIONED WITHIN THE THEATER OF OPERATIONS ARE
   ALSO CONSIDERED AT RISK OF EXPOSURE.