SCRUB TYPHUS
VACCINE AGAINST INSECT ' LONDON, August 26. One of the most dangerous enemies of our troops in the Far East was a small insect against which no net was proof—a mite that bore the dreaded disease of tsutsugamushi, or scrub typhus. Because of the difficulty of finding an effective prophylactic many of dur troops fell victim to it and were laid up for several months. Experiments had been carried out in vain for many months and it was not till March that a successful vaccine was discovered. The War Office instructed the Ministry of Supply to organise large-scale production. Many thoustands of our troops have been inoculated with it and .many who had been victims of the disease have been saved. The Japanese were having even more trouble with the disease than the Allies, so it was most important that there be no leakage of information to the enemy that would help his investigations.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 September 1945, Page 2
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