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 percent of Britain’s World War One troops reported ill had trench fever, including not only Lord of the Ring author Tolkien and Narnia writer Lewis, but also A. A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh.
