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Subject: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF IMPORTANCE               

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003203

Folder Title: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES  1991PORTABLE FIELD PERSONNEL SHOWER SYSTEMS                

Document Number:          1

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      C.   Control of wild canids (foxes and jackals are the
           natural reservoirs of infection).                                                                          MALRRIA
      D.   Protection of patients from further sandfly bites, thus                     I .   Communicability:
           aborting possibility of epidemics based on human
           reservoirs.                                                                       A.   Route:
                                                                                                  1.    Disease is transmitted by bites of infected
      E.   Report all cases through Preventive Medicine channels.                                       anopheline mosquitoes.
                                                                                                  2.    Transfusion of malaria-infected blood will trans-
                                                                                                        mit disease.
                                                                                                  3.    IV drug abusers sharing contaminated needles have
                                                                                                        become infected.

                                                                                             B.   Isolation: Malarious patients must be protected from
                                                                                                  exposure to additional mosquito bites. Insect repel-
                                                                                                  lent and netting should be used. No other isolation is
                                                                                                  required.

                                                                                             C.   Contact prophylaxis: prophylaxis of individuals who
                                                        have had contact with malaria patients is not required
                                                                                                  per se.

                                                                                             D.   Chemoprophylaxis:
                                                                                                  1.    Chemoprophylaxis of all individuals present in
                                                                                                        malaria areas should be instituted. At this time,
                                                                                                        malaria is not known to be present in eastern
                                                                                                        Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, or southern Iraq, however,
                                                                                                        malaria may be introduced into these areas by
                                                                                                        migrant workers or troops. Imported cases are
                                                                                                        seen in this group. P. falcipa@m and E!. vivax
                                                                                                        malaria are seen in western Saudi Arabia. Chloro-
                                                                                                        quine-resistant strains, if present, are rare.

                                                                                                  2.    a.   Recommended regimen (for western Saudi
                                                                                                             Arabia): chloroquine phosphate (Aralen), 500
                                                              mg weekly, preferably commencing 1-2 weeks
                                                                                                             before arrival, and continuing for 6 weeks
                                                                                                             after departure.
                                                                                                        b.   "Teminal prophylaxis" to eradicate per-
                                                                                                             sistent hepatic parasites should be con-
                                                                                                             sidered for individuals who are not pregnant
                                                                                                             or G6PD deficient: primaquine phosphate,
                                                                                                             26.3 mg PO QD, for 14 days after departure
                                                                                                             from malaria area. In individuals unable to
                                                                                                             take primaquine, an additional 6 weeks (for
                                                                                                             total of 3 months) prophylaxis with chloro-
                                                                                                             quine may be given after departure. Terminal
                                                                                                             prophylaxis should only be recommended if P.
been
                                                                                                             identified in the theater.



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