Q fever

Q fever

n.

An infectious disease of humans characterized by fever, malaise, muscle pain, and sometimes chronic endocarditis, caused by a bacterium (Coxiella burnetii) that infects many animal species. It is transmitted to humans chiefly by inhalation of contaminated air from infected domestic animals, as on farms.

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[q(uery) (because originally the infectious agent was unknown) + fever.]

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Q fever

n

(Pathology) an acute disease characterized by fever and pneumonia, transmitted to man by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii

[C20: from q(uery) fever (the cause being unknown when it was named)]

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Q fever

n.

an acute, influenzalike disease transmitted to humans by contact with infected cattle, sheep, and goats, caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii.

[1935–40; abbr. of query]

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Noun

1.

Q fever - an acute disease resembling influenza rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis - infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria

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Translations

коксиеллёз