trenchfever

trenchfever
trench fever n.
An acute infectious disease characterized by chills and fever, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus.
  [From its occurrence among soldiers in trenches.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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