Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
IIR 2 201 0507 93/IRAQI RESEARCH ON NEW MYCOTOXICOSIS IN
Filename:22010507.93a
ENVELOPE
CDSN = LGX696 MCN = 93090/08736 TOR = 930900522
RTTCZYUW RUEKJCS3946 0900519- --RUEALGX.
ZNY
HEADER
R 310519Z MAR 93
FM DIA WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC
RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC
RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC
RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VAIHINGEN GE
RUDOGHS/US SURVEY SHAPE BE
RUETIAQ/MPC FT GEORGE G MEADE MD
RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CARA//
RUCQVAB/USCINCSOC INTEL OPS CEN MACDILL AFB FL
RUQYSDG/FOSIF ROTA SP
RUEHC /SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC
RULKQAN/MARCORINTCEN QUANTICO VA
RULSJGA/COGARD INTELCOORDCEN WASHINGTON DC
RHEPAAB/ACCIS LANGLEY AFB VA
RUFTAKA/UCIRF AUGSBURG GE
RUEALGX/SAFE
R 300940Z MAR 93
FM CDR [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]USAFIA INSCOM FT BELVOIR VA//[
(b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]//
TO RUEKJCS/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUDHAAA/CDRINSCOM FT BELVOIR VA//IAOPS-H-C//
RUEOAYA/CDRFSTC CHARLOTTESVILLE VA//IAFSTC-ICA//
RUEOAYA/CDRFSTC CHARLOTTESVILLE VA//IAFSTC-RTA//
RUEARDF/DIRAFMIC FT DETRICK MD//AFMIC-CR//
RUEADWD/DA WASHINGTON DC//DAMI-POH/DAMI-FIT//
RUEATAC/CDRUSAITAC WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUERJFI/CDRUSAFIA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD//IAFIA-CM/IAFIA-S//
RUERJFI/CDRUSAFIC FT GEORGE G MEADE MD//IAFIC-DO//
RUCDGDA/DIRMSIC REDSTONE ARSENAL AL//MSC-2A//
RUETIAA/NSACSS FT GEORGE G MEADE MD//T5232//
RUCIAEA/HQ FTC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OH//DXLA/TATH//
RUEOHNA/CDRUSASOC FT BRAGG NC//AOIN-IOT//
RUDPSOC/USASOC INTEL CTR FT BRAGG NC//AOIN-IOA//
BT
CONTROLS
SERIAL: (U) IIR 2 201 0507 93.
X-
BODY
PASS: (U) DIA FOR DB-8C, DAH-6 FOR INFO.
X-
COUNTRY: (U) IRAQ (IZ).
X-
SUBJ: IIR 2 201 0507 93/IRAQI RESEARCH ON NEW MYCOTOXICOSIS IN
HUMANS (U).
X-
WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED
INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASSIFIED
X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
DOI: (U) 921106-921113.
X-
REQS: (U) G-OSG-1610-32-90; G-OSG-1610-33-90; S-OSG-01780;
S-AIF-08330.
X-
SOURCE: //2 243 1020//[ (b)(7)(D) ]
X-
SUMMARY: [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
X-
TEXT: (U)
1. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(4) ]
2. (U) ABSTRACT 28 - IRAQI SCIENTISTS WERE SCHEDULED TO PRESENT
A PAPER ENTITLED "A CHRONIC DERMATITIS - A MYCOTOXICOSIS CAUSED BY
STACHYBOTRYS ATRA, FIRST REPORTED INSTANCE IN HUMAN". AUTHORS TO
THIS PAPER INCLUDE AYAD A. ((AL-HEETI)), W.M. ((HASSAN)) AND N.M.
((SALEH)), ALL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PROTECTION, COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE ABU-GHRAIB, BAGHDAD, IRAQ. THIS PAPER IDENTIFIED
RERIDINA (STACHYBOTRYS ATRA) AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOLD
CAUSING CHRONIC DERMATITIS IN BABY DIAPERS. THEY STATE THAT THIS
FINDING COULD BE THE FIRST TO INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A HIDDEN
MYCOTOXICOSIS IN HUMANS. STACHYBOTRYOTOXICOSIS CAUSED BY
STACHYBOTRYS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECOGNIZED MYCOTOXICOSIS IN
ANIMALS; THE MOLD WAS PROVEN TO BE A TRICHOTHECENES PRODUCER.
THEY FURTHER INDICATE THAT CASES OF HUMANS BECOMING SICK AFTER
EXPOSURE TO STACHYBOTRYS CONTAMINATED STRAW EXIST. THEY FOUND
RERIDIN A TO BE CYTOTOXIC AT 0.0001 NANOGRAMS (SEE FIELD
COMMENT). ABSTRACT AT ENCLOSURE.
X-
COMMENTS: ((FIELD COMMENT) - IDENTIFYING A NEW
TRICHOTHECENE PRODUCER COULD WELL BE RELATED TO CBW RESEARCH. THE
AGENT SUSPECTED OF BEING EMPLOYED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA IS T-2, A
TRICHOTHECENE WHICH IS A POTENT "BLISTER AGENT LIKE" TOXIN. ALSO
OF INTEREST IS THAT THESE SCIENTISTS MENTIONED SICKNESS RESULTING
FROM HUMAN EXPOSURE. THIS MAY WELL BE LEGITIMATE WORK IN
IDENTIFYING DIAPER DERMATITIS; HOWEVER, GIVEN THE ADMITTED STANCE
THAT IRAQ WAS WORKING ON BW AGENTS, THIS RESEARCH SHOULD BE NOTED
FOR FUTURE CBW TARGETING).
X-
//IPSP: (U) PT 1610; PT 1610; PT 1610; PT 1810//.
//COMSOBJ: (U) 141; 141; 144; 324//.
ADMIN
PROJ: (U) 202929.
COLL: (U) VC.
INSTR: (U) US NO.
PREP: (U) 2-10463.
ENCL: (U) SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACT, "A CHRONIC DERMATITIS - A
MYCOTOXICOSIS CAUSED BY STACHYBOTRYS ATRA, FIRST REPORTED INSTANCE
IN HUMAN", (U) - THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PROTECTION, COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE ABU-GHRAIB, BAGHDAD, IRAQ, UNDATED, 1 COPY, 1 PAGE,
(U).
ACQ: (U) FT BELVOIR, VA (930315).
DISSEM: (U) FIELD: NONE, SENT TO: DIA-DSP-2B; AFMIC; FSTC.
X-
WARNING: (U) REPORT CLASSIFIED
|
NEWSLETTER
|
|
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list
|
|
|
