Trench Fever (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Pathology.
  1. a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
noun
  1. an acute infectious disease characterized by fever and muscular aches and pains, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana and transmitted by the bite of a body louse
Trench Fever (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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