Trench fever

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAn acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I.

Synonyms

five-day fever pyrexia tick-bite fever rickettsiosis typhus redwater fever lazaret fever rocky mountain spotted fever pretibial fever tungiasis rickettsemia terai fever

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