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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Bartonellaceae > Bartonella > Bartonella quintana
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Alphaproteobacteria > Bartonellaceae > Bartonella > Bartonella quintana

Preferred term

Bartonella quintana  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Rickettsia quintana
  • Rochalimaea quintana

Note

  • infection = TRENCH FEVER

Scope note

  • A species of gram-negative bacteria in which man is the primary host and the human body louse, Pediculus humanus, the principal vector. It is the etiological agent of TRENCH FEVER.

History note

  • 96; was ROCHALIMAEA QUINTANA 1995

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018413

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