Q-fever

   
By Wybo Boersma
Guiding Member of the
Guild of Battlefield Guides
Badge Number 30

20 March 2010: There is no danger of Q-fever in the Northern parts (Nijmegen, Groesbeek, Arnhem and Oosterbeek) of the Market Garden Battlefield.
    
   
By Rob Lemmens
Member of the
Guild of Battlefield Guides

In the south of the Netherlands there's an outbreak of Q-fever. As it transmitted through the air anyone in the area can be infected. It seems to be a very resistant bacteria (a new mutant) that survives in very harsh (heath, sun etc.) circumstances. People can get very sick from this infection and in some cases (1-5%) suffer a life time damage of the heart.

The infected area is more or less the "Market Garden" campaign area.

wwwnc.cdc.gov
www.nhs.uk