trench fever

Shortly afterwards he was evacuated from the front with a case of trench fever on 17th April 1918.

During this time Hone was hospitalised with acute trench fever and impetigo.

However, he was later removed from the front after contracting trench fever.

History of venereal disease, malaria, or trench fever excluded the donor.

Tolkien contracted a particularly bad case of trench fever and was shipped back to England in late 1916.

This microorganism is the causative agent of trench fever.

After contracting trench fever he was sent back to England to recover, and eventually declared fit for garrison duty overseas.

The symptoms of trench fever lay dormant until I arrived in London to start my first job.

Or was disillusion an inevitable after-effect of trench fever?

He died of trench fever in 1922 on Christmas Day, one day short of his 30th birthday.