USCENTAF "FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK"

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SUBJECT:  USCENTAF  "FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK"

DTG:  19 FEB 91

SUMMARY:  IDENTIFIES TYPES AND CAUSES OF GULF WAR ILLNESSES.  
 
                                   
                                 	FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAKS
                - AOR experience (August 90 - Feb 91]
                  --Numbers
                	--- 11 outbreaks in the theater
                	--- 4 of these were from Jeddah
                	--- 1 from Taif (same general vicinity as Jeddab)
                 -- Meal types                
                     	--- Hot meals prepared in dining halls                          
               	--- Boxed lunches
               	--- None involved MREs
               - Jeddah outbreaks
                 --August 1990
               	--- 70 cases 
               	--- Suspect foodborne illness associated with 1 hotel
              	 --- Personnel no longer in suspect hotel
                 --December 1990
              	 --- 23 cases
               	--- Vanilla pudding filled cake from Choice Catering
               		--- Stapb aureus bacteria and Staph enterotoxin isolated
              	 	--- Bacillus cereus isolated
                --January 1991
               	--- 648 cases
              	 --- Boxed lunches from Choice Catering
              		--- stopped using boxed lunches               
                  		 --- Vendor continues to prepare/cater hot meals at
                       		     dining facilities
                       
                    February 1991