Trench fever

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An acute infectious disease, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana (now Bartonella quintana) and transmitted by the louse Pediculus humanus, that affected very many soldiers during World War I. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice wordnet

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