TRENCH FEVER AS WAR INFECTION
Journal: Acta Medica Leopoliensia
Year: 2024

Trench fever is a bartonellosis disease with a transmissible mechanism transmitted via a specific vector - the human body louse (Pediculus humanus), manifested by a sudden onset, relapsing fever, severe pain in the calf muscles, and abundant maculopapular rash. Aim. The research aims to determine the infestation of the population as a predictor of the occurrence of epidemic complications caused by trench fever and to assess the impact of social factors resulting from the Russo-Ukrainian war on p