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A virologist lecturing at my medical school just stated that Hepatitis A or "camp jaundice" decimated Axis troops in North Africa under Rommel to such an extent that the disease may have changed the balance of several battles. How much truth is there to this statement?

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A virologist lecturing at my medical school just stated that Hepatitis A or "camp jaundice" decimated Axis troops in North Africa under Rommel to such an extent that the disease may have changed the balance of several battles. How much truth is there to this statement?	763	AskHistorians