Has Trench Fever Returned?

To those unfamiliar with the disease the man who has never been in the trenches cannot be suffering from trench fever, and for this reason the spread of the disease to new districts, and among those unfamiliar with its symptoms, will go unrecognised. . . . That trench fever might come amongst us is no idle supposition.— William Byam1 Although trench fever has probably been a part of human life for more than a thousand years, it was not until World War I that the disease came under intense scrutiny. In that war it afflicted approximately 1 million soldiers, . . .