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Oki Marines fall ill after training in murky waters
Nov. 3, 2014 - 10:43AM
Corps officials have closed off a portion of the jungle warfare training center in Okinawa, Japan, thought to be contaminated with a bacteria that has left dozens of Marines sick.
Over the past two months, about 90 Marines are suspected to have contracted a rare illness called leptospirosis, which can turn serious if left untreated. So far, more than half of those cases were confirmed to be caused by the bacterial infection, which can cause chills, nausea, fever, vomiting, headaches and other flu-like symptoms.
Normally, military medical teams on Okinawa see a few cases of the disease each year, said Lt. Cmdr. Joy Dierks, the surgeon and preventive medicine officer for III Marine Expeditionary Force. But when a slew of Marines were reporting similar symptoms, she said they began to suspect there was a common thread...
Oki Marines fall ill after training in murky waters
Nov. 3, 2014 - 10:43AM
Corps officials have closed off a portion of the jungle warfare training center in Okinawa, Japan, thought to be contaminated with a bacteria that has left dozens of Marines sick.
Over the past two months, about 90 Marines are suspected to have contracted a rare illness called leptospirosis, which can turn serious if left untreated. So far, more than half of those cases were confirmed to be caused by the bacterial infection, which can cause chills, nausea, fever, vomiting, headaches and other flu-like symptoms.
Normally, military medical teams on Okinawa see a few cases of the disease each year, said Lt. Cmdr. Joy Dierks, the surgeon and preventive medicine officer for III Marine Expeditionary Force. But when a slew of Marines were reporting similar symptoms, she said they began to suspect there was a common thread...