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Q Fever
see synonyms of q feverNoun
1. q fever
an acute disease resembling influenza
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Q Fever
see synonyms of q fevernoun
an acute disease characterized by fever and pneumonia, transmitted to man by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii
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Q Fever
see synonyms of q fever a mild illness characterized by fever, headache, muscular pains, and pneumonia, transmitted by contact or ticks, and caused by a rickettsia (Coxiella burnetii)
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Q Fever
see synonyms of q fevern.
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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