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Preferred term

Trench Fever  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bartonella quintana Infection
  • Bartonella quintana Infections
  • Infection, Bartonella quintana

Note

  • caused by Bartonella quintana; do not confuse with TRENCH FOOT

Scope note

  • An intermittent fever characterized by intervals of chills, fever, and splenomegaly each of which may last as long as 40 hours. It is caused by BARTONELLA QUINTANA and transmitted by the human louse.

In other languages

  • ampumahautakuume

    Finnish

  • febris fossarum
  • febris quintana
  • febris wolhynica
  • quintan-feber
  • quintan-kuume
  • skyttegravsfeber
  • sääriluukuume
  • viiden päivän kuume
  • viidespäiväinen kuume
  • Wolhynia-kuume
  • wolhynian-feber
  • Skyttegravsfeber

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014205

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