18 British Soldiers Ill; 350 People Quarantined
From Times Wire Reports
AFGHANISTAN
Eighteen British soldiers serving as medical personnel at Bagram air base in Afghanistan have contracted a contagious but unidentified illness, and 350 people have been quarantined, Brig. Roger Lane said.
The Pentagon said no U.S. or other coalition personnel are known to have the disease, which causes fever, diarrhea and vomiting. Two of the British soldiers were so ill that they were taken out of the country for treatment.
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