Epidemic Relapsing Fever
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Trench fever, known also as "five-day fever," was first recognized as a distinct disease in 1916 in European troops engaged in trench warfare. More than 200,000 cases were reported in British troops alone. The disease surfaced again in its last epidemic in troops stationed in Europe during World War II. Relatively very few cases have been documented in the world since then. In contrast to epidemic typhus fever and epidemic relapsing fever, trench fever rarely causes death, but severe cases can be debilitating. |
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Reservoir of Bartonella quintana |
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