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Trench Fever Spread by Lice Is Found in Denver’s Homeless – The Daily Beast
The scourge is emerging as everyone’s attention is diverted to COVID-19.
By Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News
DENVERDr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the third case this year of trench fever, a rare condition transmitted by body lice that plagued soldiers during World War I.
Barrons epidemiological training kicked in.
Two is always an outbreak, and then when we found a thirdOK, we clearly have somet…
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