NBC BIOLOGICAL WARFARE THREAT ASSESTMENT

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Subject = NBC BIOLOGICAL WARFARE THREAT ASSESTMENT                        

Parent Organization = MCCDC       

Unit = WDID        

Folder Title = NBC MISCELLANEOUS MESSAGES SEC   OF 2  WDID SWA 0008                                            

Document Number =         34

Box ID = BX600138



                                  UNCLASSIFIED
                          travwlwrs' diarrhwa, should be m44ortiv,
                  a Rwco,.Dnwnd Septra or:doxycyclinal one tablet daily
                  0 Prophylaxis will not be *44*c@live if arganisn:has
                    boon genetically ml!pltlatod to render It resistant
                  a Rwsistanco against  . or4,o)(acin/cipro@lc3xacin
                    likwlyl but may be  better to hold thin in rwsirve
                    for treatment

             c Vaccination
                  0 Would not rocommu.,)dl currently available vacc:i &I
                    not very effective   nd not likely to be effective
                    under Bt%' conditions


             a Procurement

                  • Nw*d additional oral  Soptra-DS and doxycycline
                      - 500 tabs of each +or 100 individualat
                          assuming a 'i day axpc%Lre
                           - Could be wither Sup@@.-a-DS or doxycycline
                              but will need to allow for allergies
                  • Need nor@laxacin or. cipro4lcxacin in the field or
                    readily available 4or treatment failures, and
                    possibly prophylaxis
                          Minimum of 600 400 mg noril-axacin tablets for
                          100 individuals for one course of treatment,
                          er 1200 250 mg ciprofloxacin tablet% (600
                          500 mg tablwtz)

             • Logistics

                  o No Comments


             • Exportable training progress

                  o Simple handout should *%,t-F4ico

             • Other critical- Issues


                  a Nona


       UNITS TARC-E-ED FOR PROTER-TION

             • No recommendations this is an operallional/in'@elligencw
               decision


       OTii;-rR CRI-I!CAL ISSUES


             • None

       RLRCOMMENDATIONS

             o Protwct  food/water sr-urcon from deliberate contamination
             c Use prophylactic antibiotics if exposure is immine  -nt or
               con+irmad