HIGH FIVE: Trench Fever That Affected Tolkien And C.S. Lewis Could Be Prevented Say Scientists

The discovery of a special antibody could help prevent dangerous bacterial infections such as trench fever, whose sufferers included celebrated authors like J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Trench fever, or five-day fever, is transmitted by body lice. An estimated 20 to 30 per cent of...