Q fever

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii). uncountable
    — 1995, M. Isaacson, M. J. Hale, Chapter 8: Infections Caused by Rickettsiae, W. Doerr, Tropical Pathology, page 275, In the past it was believed that chronic Q fever was always the result of reactivation of a primary infection which persisted in latent form.

词形变化

Q-fever alternative

词源

From query + fever, the causative agent being unknown at the time.
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