MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST ANTHRAX 28 OCT 90

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Subject: MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST ANTHRAX 28 OCT 90                       

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Folder Title: MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST ANTHRAX                                                                 

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                                                             28 Oct 90
                                                             SGPS-PSP


                                 INFORMATION PAPER

       SUBJECT: Medical Defense Against Anthrax (U)

       1.  @ Purpose: To provide information on medical measures
       against the anthrax (AX) threat for Operation Desert Shield.

       2.  @ Facts:

           a.  @ Intelligence sources indicate that Iraq has weaponized
       anthrax. AX can be disseminated as an aerosol by artillery,
       rockets, and aircraft. It can also be disseminated by small boats
       off shore, small trucks, and other vehicles making it a good
       tactical and terrorist weapon.

           b.  @ Although the current Army protective masks and
       collective protection will protect the soldiprr..


           C.  @ It takes 1-6 days for symptoms to appear. Fatality
       for symptomatic pulmonary anthrax in unvaccinated service members
       is greater than 90 percent. Effect is pulmonary failure.

           d.  @ There is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed
       vaccine for AX.
                    Side effects are similar to but less severe than a
        yp oi s ot. This protection can be overcome with a large
       exposure to AX such as near the source of dissemination.

           e.  @ Acceleration of vaccine production being explored.
       Issue is very sensitive because of its geopolitical nature and
       should be treated as such.

                                           COL Pitt Tomlinson/756-0125
                                           MAJ Robert Eng/756-8163










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     DECLASSIFIED ON 2 Oct 1996 PER SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER SEC 3.4 EO 12958




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