1) Bacterial disease
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Trench fever (also known as `Five day fever`, `Quintan fever` (febris Quintana in Latin), `Urban trench fever`) is a moderately serious disease transmitted by body lice. It infected armies in Flanders, France, Poland, Galicia, Italy, Salonika, Macedonia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt in World War I (three noted sufferers being the authors J.R.R. To...
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(from the article `Swift, Homer Fordyce`) ...in the treatment of syphilis, rheumatic fever, streptococcus infections, and trench fever and served on many study commissions devoted to these ...
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infectious disease characterized by sudden onset with fever; headache; sore muscles, bones, and joints; and outbreaks of skin lesions on the chest ...
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Infectious disease afflicting troops of all sides in World War I; first observed in troops on the Western Front December 1914. Conveyed by lice, it was characterized by a sudden fever lasting five...
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A louse-borne disease first recognised in the trenches of world war i, again a major problem in the military in world war II, seen endemically in mexico, n. Africa, e, europe, and elsewhere. The cause, rochalimaea quintana, is an unusual rickettsia that multiplies in the gut of the body louse. Transmission to people can occur by rubbing infected lo...
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a louse-borne rickettsial disease due to Bartonella quintana, transmitted by the human body louse, Pediculus humanus; symptoms include febrile paroxysms, leg pains, chills, sweating, rash, and enlargement of the spleen. After it clears up once, there may be relapses. Called also His or His-Werner disease.
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Typhus
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. an uncommon rickettsial fever caused by Bartonella quintana and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, first appearing as an epidemic during the trench warfare of World War I; characterized by the sudden onset of chills and fever, myalgia (especially of the back and legs), headache, and general malaise that typically...
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Trench fever: A disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is estimated to have affected more than a million people in Russia and on the fronts in Europe. Trench fever was again a major problem in the military in World War II and is seen endemically in Mexico, Africa, E. Europe, and elsewhere. Urban...
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Trench fever is an acute infectious disease characterised by fever and muscular aches and pains. It is caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana and is transmitted by the bite of a body louse.
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n] - marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice
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louseborne disease caused by Bartonella quintana and characterized by high fever, body aches, conjunctivitis, ocular pain, severe headaches, and severe bone pain
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noun marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice
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