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FOLLOWING A RECENT SPECIAL STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE MARSHALL "ISLANDS
AT THE REQUEST OF THE SURGEON GENERAL OF THE NAVY IT IS APPARENT
THAT THE INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS EPIDEMIC ORIGINALLY REPORTED IN JUNE
1955 IS STILL SPORADICALLY ACTIVE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MARSHALL
ISLAND GROUP, AS THE RESULT OF THE FINDINGS OF THIS INVESTIGATION
IT IS FURTHER CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS STILL A RISK TO THOSE PEOPLE
WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH NATIVES, PARTICULARLY THOSE NATIVES UNDER
18 YEARS OF AGEs THIS RISK INCREASES WITH THE EXTENT_OF CONTACT AND
IS HIGHEST FOR PERSONNEL ACTUALLY LIVING on ISLANDS INNABITED BY
NATIVES. IN VIEW OF THE POSSIBLE LENGTHY INCUBATION PERIOD (UP TO
CFN 1956 18