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Definition of Trench fever
1. Noun. Marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice.
Definition of Trench fever
1. Noun. (medicine) an acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism ''Rickettsia quintana'' and transmitted by the louse ''Pediculus humanus'', that affected very many soldiers during World War I. ¹
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Medical Definition of Trench fever
1. 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 louse feces into abraded (scuffed) skin or conjunctiva (whites of the eyes). Onset of symptoms is sudden, with high fever, headache, back and leg pain and a fleeting rash. Recovery takes a month or more. Relapses are common. Also called wolhynia fever, shin bone fever, quintan fever, five-day fever, meuse fever, his' disease, his-werner disease, werner-his disease. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trench Fever
Literary usage of Trench fever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"trench fever trench fever is a specific infection due to a filterable virus ...
trench fever is never fatal, and complete recovery usually takes place. ..."
2. Contributions to Medical and Biological Research by William Osler (1919)
"The organism causing trench fever, being so minute, is obviously separated ...
Thus, while we have demonstrated that the virus of trench fever is present ..."
3. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"trench fever.—In the course of the German War a specific infection has become
known under the name of trench fever. It is said to have caused almost ..."
4. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"trench fever.—In the course of the German War a specific infection has become
known under the name of trench fever. It is said to have caused almost ..."
5. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1922)
"According to Strong 's experiments, the virus of trench fever is not ...
The positive filtration experiments of Strong with trench fever virus may also be ..."
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