Q-fever


noun, Pathology.
1.
an acute, influenzalike disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetti.
noun
1.
an acute disease characterized by fever and pneumonia, transmitted to man by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii

Q fever n.
An infectious disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetii, characterized by fever, malaise, and muscular pains.

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