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IRAQ: Fever Named After Blackwater

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Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of a new disease they call “Blackwater” that threatens the lives of thousands. The disease is named after Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq.

“This disease is a severe form of malarial infection caused by the parasite plasmodium falciparum, which is considered the worst type of malarial infection,” Dr. Ali Hakki from Fallujah told IPS. “It is one of the complications of that infection, and not the ordinary picture of the disease. Because of its frequent and severe complications, such as Blackwater fever, and its resistance to treatment, P. falciparum can cause death within 24 hours.”


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2 Responses to “IRAQ: Fever Named After Blackwater”

  1. elanecu Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at 9:22

    Blackwater Fever has been around, and so named, from long before Blackwater…. it’s more likely the company is named after the disease. Even Wikipedia has the information.

  2. John Sinteur Says:
    March 28th, 2008 at 9:29

    [From the wiki:]

    In the late 1990s, Erik Prince spent part of his inherited wealth to purchase about 6,000 acres (24 km²) of the Great Dismal Swamp, a vast wetland area on the North Carolina/Virginia border, now mostly a national preserve. Here he created his state-of-the-art private training facility and his contracting company — Blackwater — is named for the peat-colored water of the swamp.

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