The following comment on jaundice is taken from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 1, June 18, 1942. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

JAUNDICE AMONG U.S. TROOPS Twelve hundred additional cases of hepatitis (jaundice) have been reported in Northern Ireland. The majority of cases are hospitalized. The disease is caused from yellow fever vaccine; a study of the epidemic is being made. (Note: There have been reports of jaundice among troops in several other areas.) (M/A Cable, London.)

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