MEDICAL REPORTING 14 AUG 90

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Subject: MEDICAL REPORTING  14 AUG 90                                    

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                         OTIECR DISEASES ENDEMIC IN'nlE INDIGENOUS POPUL&'NON

                Zoonotic d          )3nicellosis (emwdc In livestock, especially goals, and a common cause of
                   fcvcr in humans in the southern Dliofar region; cases occur In rural areas, usually In the summer
                   months, and infcc6on conunonly results from consumption of raw goats milk); rubles (enzootic
                   in the fox population, occurs very sporadically in stmy dogs, usuttlly In the mountainous Wand
                   villages of no@eastem Oman; rarely reported In humans); Q tever (rarely reported In humans,'.
                   butiscuwdcinfivestock;humanscrologyinruralareasindicatesexposure).
                Sexuallytr-ansmitteddisenses-T'broughtheendofl989,14cascsofAIDSwereofilclally
                   reported.
                Other infectious d@@ - Tuberculosis (endemic; although the annual incidence has I>ccn
                   declining (379 cases in 1988), the prevalence remains high, especially In ruril areas); trachoma.
                   (widesprc-ad,withanc.sdmatedSInrccntprcvnlcncoofacflvo@es@allyfututalatcas;
                   although the incidence has been declining as flic result of control measures, tmcitoma tcmalns
                   a common cause of blindness); soil transinitted lictniinthic lnrectiotl-i (roundworm, h?okwonii,
                   and whipworm infections arc conunon In rural areas, but die prevalence Is low).

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Subject = MEDICAL REPORTING 14 AUG 90
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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 = 19-JUL-1996