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An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 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.
- 2001, Todd Hatchette, Thomas J. Marrie, Q Fever, entry in R. W. Ashford, Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections of Man and Domesticated Animals, page 417, Q fever (query fever) is a zoonosis with worldwide distribution. New Zealand is the only country free of the disease.
Meaning relationships
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an acute disease resembling influenza
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis
From query + fever, the causative agent being unknown at the time.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حَمَى Q
(ḥamā Q)
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Armenian:
կու տենդ
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Chinese Mandarin:
Q熱 /Q热
(Q-rè)
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Chinese Mandarin:
Q型流感
(Q-xíngliúgǎn)
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Czech:
Q horečka
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Dutch:
Q-koorts
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Finnish:
Q-kuume
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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French:
fièvre Q
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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German:
Q-Fieber
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Hindi:
क्यू बुखार
(kyū bukhār)
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Hungarian:
Q-láz
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Italian:
febbre Q
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Japanese:
Q熱
(kyū-netsu)
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Korean:
큐열
(kyuyeol)
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Portuguese:
febre Q
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Russian:
Ку-лихора́дка
(Ku-lixorádka)
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Spanish:
fiebre Q
— infectious disease resembling influenza
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Vietnamese:
bệnh sốt Q
— infectious disease resembling influenza
