Before the fever gripped him, his father, Matadin, said, he would sprint across the village at the sound of a television set.

His weight dropped from 225 pounds to 175, he began suffering hallucinations and he remembers being packed in ice when the fevers gripped his body.

Magic fever has gripped the city, with talk of the finals dominating conversation.

Millennial fever has gripped the city too.

But all along the front the fever of success gripped battle commanders.

The fever had gripped him again, and he was so exhausted that he could not imagine it ever letting go.

Fixed-price fever has gripped the city's restaurants.

He won again, and it was as if a fever gripped him.

The old fever of space-exploration gripped him as strongly as ever.

Once the fever gripped a few of them, it would spread to all.