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what is 'trench fever - bacterial disease transmitted by body louse '?
Definition for trench fever
Trench fever is a moderately serious disease, transmitted by body lice, that infected more than a million soldiers during World War I and World War II.
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Trench fever is a moderately serious disease, transmitted by body lice, that infected more than a million soldiers during World War I and World War II. The disease persists among the homeless. Outbreaks have been documented, for example, in Seattle and Baltimore among injection drug users and in Marseille and Burundi.
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Trench fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trench fever is a moderately serious disease transmitted by body lice. ... ill had trench fever while about one ... Trench Fever." EMedicine. 26 June 2006. ...
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Bartonella quintana Characteristics and Management | CDC EID
Trench fever, the first clinical manifestation attributed to Bartonella quintana, ... When trench fever was first described in 1915, its etiologic agent was called ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no02/05-0874.htm
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Bartonella Infections: Gram-Negative Bacilli: Merck Manual Professional
Trench fever is a louse- and tick-borne disease caused by Bartonella quintana or ... Trench fever should be suspected in people living where louse infestation ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch173/ch173b.html
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Body louse
Lice produce itching and a characteristic skin rash, which looks like a scrape. ... may also carry organisms that cause relapsing fever, typhus, and trench fever. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/1238.htm
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Body louse, female and larvae
This is a magnified view of a female body louse with larvae. ... may also transmit diseases, including relapsing fever, typhus, and trench fever. ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Body-louse-female-and-larvae.htm
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Brazilian purpuric fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... henselae (Cat scratch fever) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either ... Legionella longbeachae (Legionellosis) · Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_purpuric_fever
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CDC - Emerging Human Infectious Diseases: Anthroponoses, Zoonoses, and ...
Epidemic typhus; trench fever*; and epidemic relapsing fever. Triatomine Bugs (Triatominae) ... Oropouche fever; vesicular stomatitis. Tsetse-flies ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no3/02-0208-app.htm
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Insect Bites Glossary of Terms with Medical Definitions
Insect Bites medical glossary includes a list of Insect Bites related ... Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus, trench fever and other similar conditions. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/insect_bites/glossary_em.htm
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Lice Infestation: Parasitic Skin Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Lice infestation (pediculosis) is a skin infestation by tiny wingless insects. ... transmit serious diseases such as typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/print/sec18/ch210/ch210c.html
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Emergence of Bartonella quintana Infection among Homeless Persons
Trench fever was characterized by fever, rash, bone pain, and splenomegaly and ... Vinson JW, Varela G, Molina-Pasquel C. Trench fever. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol2no2/jackson.htm
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Body louse
This is a magnified view of a body louse. Lice produce itching and a ... may also carry organisms that cause relapsing fever, typhus, and trench fever. ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Body-louse.htm
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Lice, body with stool (Pediculus humanus)
Other types of lice infest the scalp, head (Pediculus humanus capitis), or the ... may carry diseases such as epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, or trench fever. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/2608.htm
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Lice: Parasitic Skin Infections: Merck Manual Professional
Introduction· Cutaneous Larva Migrans· Cutaneous Myiasis· Delusional Parasitosis ... lice are important vectors of epidemic typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec10/ch121/ch121e.html
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Possibilities for Relapsing Fever Reemergence | CDC EID
Although louseborne relapsing fever is now geographically limited, it was once ... in Burundi and trench fever in vagrant populations, little evidence of ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no03/05-0899.htm
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Lice, body with stool (Pediculus humanus)
Other types of lice infest the scalp, head (Pediculus humanus capitis),or the ... may carry diseases such as epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, or trench fever. ...
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Q fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The pathogen of Q fever was discovered in 1937, when Frank Macfarlane Burnet and ... henselae (Cat scratch fever) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_fever
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CDC - Human Pathogens in Body and Head Lice
Epidemic typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever have been the subject of many ... Stein A, Raoult D. Return of trench fever. Lancet 1995;345:450?1. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no12/02-0111.htm
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Body lice - MayoClinic.com
Body lice ? Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, how to get rid of this ... spread some bacterial diseases, such as typhus, relapsing fever or trench fever. ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/body-lice/DS01073/METHOD=print
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Index: WO: Merck Manual Professional
Fever. Fever (in PED) Gas. Headache. Hearing loss. Hematuria ... Bartonella Infections: Trench Fever. Wolman's disease. Genetic (Primary) Dyslipidemias ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index/ind_wo.html
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Rodent-associated Bartonella Illness | CDC EID
... B. quintana causes trench fever, aseptic meningitis, bacteremia, endocarditis, ... Vinson JW, Varela G, Mollina-Pasquel C. Trench fever. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/EID/vol12no07/04-0397.htm
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Trench mouth
Trench mouth is a painful bacterial infection and ulceration of the gums (gingiva) ... dentist if symptoms of trench mouth occur, or if fever or other new symptoms ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/001044trt.htm
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MedlinePlus: Bacterial Infections
Q Fever(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ... Trench Fever(Logical Images) Tularemia(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) ...
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Bioterrorism Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
Bioterrorism glossary includes a list of Bioterrorism related medical ... Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus, trench fever and other similar conditions. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/bioterrorism/glossary.htm
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vol5 no1Letters
The great epidemics of trench fever in Europe took place during World War I (2) ... Has trench fever returned? N Engl J Med 1995;332:463-4. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no1/letters.htm
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Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Infections
Tick-borne relapsing fever, a flu-like illness that occurs in mountainous areas ... fever (which is transmitted from cat to cat by fleas) and trench fever ...
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Index: SH: Merck Manual Professional
Shin bone fever. Some Bartonella Infections. Bartonella Infections: Trench Fever. Shingles. Herpes Zoster. Shin splints. Shin Splints ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index/ind_sh.html
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Relapsing fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louse-borne relapsing fever occurs in epidemics amid poor living conditions, ... (Cat scratch fever) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either henselae or ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relapsing_fevers
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Body lice
Lice, body with stool (Pediculus humanus) Body louse, female and larvae ... In rare cases, body lice may carry uncommon diseases such as relapsing or trench fever. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000838.htm
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Index: TR: Merck Manual Professional
Fever. Fever (in PED) Gas. Headache. Hearing loss. Hematuria. Hemoptysis. Hiccups. Hirsutism ... Bartonella Infections: Trench Fever. Trench (immersion) foot ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/index/ind_tr.html
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Trench foot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trench foot is a medical condition caused by prolonged exposure ... Trench fever. Trench mouth. v ? d ? e. Consequences of external causes (T66-T88, 990-999) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_foot
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Trench mouth
Occasionally, there may be fever and swollen lymph nodes of the head and neck. ... if you have symptoms of trench mouth, or if fever or other new symptoms develop. ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Trench-mouth.htm
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Talk:Trench fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Talk:Trench fever. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search ... IF you love this book "The Hobbit," please to be sure to log in and say ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Trench_fever
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Lice: Body Lice: Disease - CDC DPD
Learn about body lice infestation and its public health significance. ... to transmit disease (epidemic typhus, trench fever, and epidemic relapsing fever) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/lice/body/disease.html
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CDC - Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana
... I (1914-1918), when approximately 1 million cases of trench fever occurred (6) ... Bartonella quintana and urban trench fever. Clin Infect Dis 2000;31:131-5. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no2/01-0206.htm
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Body lice
Lice feed on human blood and live in the seams and folds of clothing. ... In rare cases, body lice may carry uncommon diseases such as relapsing or trench fever. ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Body-lice.htm?once=true&
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is distinct from the viral tick-borne infection, Colorado tick fever. ... henselae (Cat scratch fever) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever
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NLM Classification Schedule WC
Scarlet fever. WC 217. Pneumococcal infections. Classify works on lobar ... Trench fever. WC 605. Epidemic louse-borne typhus. WC 610. Epidemics. WC 615 ...
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Lice: Body Lice: Fact Sheet - CDC DPD
Learn about body lice infestation and its public health significance. ... lice can spread epidemic typhus, trench fever, and louse-borne relapsing fever. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/lice/body/factsheet.html
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Body louse, female and larvae
This is a magnified view of a female body louse with larvae. ... may also transmit diseases, including relapsing fever, typhus, and trench fever. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/2609.htm
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Body lice
Body lice are tiny parasitic insects (Pediculus humanus corporis) that ... lice may be carriers of uncommon disease such as relapsing fever or trench fever. ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/000838trt.htm
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Paratyphoid fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... disease paratyphoid fever. ... Typhoid fever is a related disease but is caused by a ... scratch fever) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratyphoid_fever
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Preventing Diseases in the Homeless | CDC EID
... and was first described as the agent of trench fever during World War I (34) ... B. quintana causes trench fever, chronic bacteremia that may last up to 78 weeks, ...
http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/14/9/1353.htm
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Trench mouth: Symptoms - MayoClinic.com
Trench mouth ? Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment and ... Fever. Swollen lymph nodes around your head, neck or jaw. When to see a dentist ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/trench-mouth/DS00457/DSECTION=2
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Candidiasis: Fungal Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Infection of the mouth (thrush or trench mouth) causes the following: ... It can cause fever, a heart murmur, enlargement of the spleen, dangerously low ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/print/sec17/ch197/ch197d.html
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CDC - Typhus Group Rickettsiae Antibodies in Rural Mexico
... study of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and typhus. ... Outbreak of epidemic typhus associated with trench fever in Burundi. Lancet 1998;352:353?8. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no3/03-0438.htm
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Index: QU: Merck Manual Professional
Ear, Nose, Throat, and Dental Disorders. Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. Eye Disorders ... fever. Some Bartonella Infections. Bartonella Infections: Trench ...
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Bartonella quintana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... soldiers in Europe during World War I being infected with Trench Fever.[3] ... henselae (Cat-scratch disease) · Bartonella quintana (Trench fever) · either ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartonella_quintana
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Bartonellosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trench fever ... Trench fever is produced by the infection of ... Trench fever, bacteremia, bacillary angiomatosis, endocarditis. Bartonella henselae ...
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Infectious Diseases: Merck Manual Professional
Oroya Fever and Verruga Peruana. Bacillary Angiomatosis. Trench Fever. Brucellosis. Epidemiology. Symptoms and Signs. Diagnosis. Treatment ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14.html
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Lice Infestation: Parasitic Skin Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Introduction· Cutaneous Larva Migrans· Cutaneous Myiasis·Lice Infestation· Scabies ... transmit serious diseases such as typhus, trench fever, and relapsing fever. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec18/ch210/ch210c.html
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