MEDICAL REPORT 14 AUG 90

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Subject: MEDICAL REPORT  14 AUG 90                                       

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Folder Title: MEDICAL REPORTING-DIVISION SURGEON                                                              

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                                                                                                       BAHTIAIN



                    and contaminated pcrineal wounds; non-A non-B liepttilis (NANB)-may be entotically
                    transmitted (A-like) or parcnterally transmitted (B-liko).
                lusk Period/Distribution: Year-round, with increased Incidence from October to t)cccmber. 0
                    countrywide.
                                                                                               ttdbuted to I
                Remnrks: There are 100 to 200 reported cases of acute licpntitis annually, mostly a
                    Avirus(HAV).@Viscir@ulatingwidely,althouglipossiblyatalowerlcveltlinnpreviously,
                    especiallyinManama,bccauscofimprovcmcntsinsani(adon.Andbodiesoccurinanesdnmtcd
                    75pcrcento(childrcnbyagelOandinalmostlOOperccntotodults.Tlieannualincldcnceotactito
                    hcpatilis A cases is increasing, due partly to a slightly larger nordmmune child population and to
                    the congnucd circulation of ilia virus. Antibodies to liepidds B virus (HBV) occur It, 20 to 40
                    percent of the population. The HBV carrier rate is estimated at 2 perccnt.Die delta agent OIDV)
                    has not been reported, but is suspected. Parentcally-transmiftcd NANB hepatitis (hepatitis C or
                    HCV) is rcpor(cd sporadically, but entcrically-transmittcd NAND hepatitis is not reported. HAV,
                    RBV, and HCV are (najor health hazards to nonindigenous personnel.

                          OTIIER DISEASES ENDEMIC IN'I'IIE INDIGENOUS POPULATION


                Zoonotic disenscs - Brticellosis (enzootic In livestock, especially goats and sheep; a common cause
                    of (ever in humans in both rural and urban atens; infection usually contrnctcd by consumption of
                    raw dairy products); rnbles (Bahrain is rabics-frcc).
itted disenses - Through the end s)f 1989, no cases or Al DS or I UV lnrecilons
                    had been officially reported, but cases ate believed to ltive occurred.
                Other infectious diseases -Tuberculosis (endemic, al(liough the annual incidence has been declining
                    (100 cases in 1988) and the prevalence Is low, estimated it 0.1 to 0.2 percent); irncliomn (common,
                    butincidcncedecliningbecauscotcontrolmc-,isurcs);soll-triinsnilt(ecifielniintiilclurections
                    (roundworm and wliipworm infections occur, but [lie Incidence is very low (less titan 5 percent);
                    hookworm infections ac uncommon).


























             revised: April 1990

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Subject = MEDICAL REPORT 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 = 17-DEC-1996