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TRENCH FEVER

‘… my servant and one other, are the only non-verminous bodies in the platoon; not to say licentious’

(Wilfred Owen, letters, 1917)

Introduction

Louse-borne bartonellosis is caused predominantly by B. quintana.[94] This disease was described in World War I. Chronic carriage is possible and some patients develop endocarditis.