Q fever or query fever is a disease caused by infection with Coxiella burnetii, a bacterium that affects humans and other animals. This organism is uncommon...
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obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen, and is the causative agent of Q fever. The genus Coxiella is morphologically similar to Rickettsia, but with...
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Typhus (redirect from Typhus Fever)
typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include epidemic typhus, scrub typhus, and murine typhus. Common symptoms include fever, headache...
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Fever or pyrexia in humans is a body temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set point in the hypothalamus. There...
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relapsing fever, and leptospirosis. There have been case reports of the Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction accompanying treatment of other infections, including Q fever...
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Typhoid fever, also known simply as typhoid, is a disease caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi bacteria, also called Salmonella typhi. Symptoms...
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Robert Huebner (section Q Fever)
down payment for a farm in Frederick, Maryland. Huebner's first work on Q Fever was a report he had done on an outbreak of 18 cases that occurred in early...
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A. Offit, eds. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2008, pp. 8. A Guide to Q fever and Q fever vaccination Archived 21 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, CSL Biotherapies...
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fever, typhus fever and the typhus group, scrub typhus, Q fever, rickettsialpox, and tick fevers caused by Rickettsia, respiratory tract infections caused...
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the letter "Q". Diseases Alphabetical list 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also Health Exercise Nutrition Q fever Qazi–Markouizos...
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Trench fever (also known as "five-day fever", "quintan fever" (Latin: febris quintana), and "urban trench fever") is a moderately serious disease transmitted...
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Meningococcus# MeNZB NmVac4-A/C/Y/W-135 Pertussis# Plague Pneumococcal# PCV PPSV Q fever Tetanus# Tuberculosis BCG# Typhoid# Ty21a ViCPS Typhus combination: DPT/DTwP/DTaP...
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial disease spread by ticks. It typically begins with a fever and headache, which is followed a few days...
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Ixodes holocyclus (section Q fever)
potential vector of Q fever (Coxiella burnetii). The ornate kangaroo tick (wallaby tick) Amblyomma triguttatum has also been implicated in Q fever. Lyme disease...
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include Lyme disease and Q fever, Colorado tick fever, Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever, tularemia, tick-borne relapsing fever, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis...
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symptoms. Chlamydia psittaci Causes psittacosis. Coxiella burnetii Causes Q fever. Francisella tularensis Causes tularemia. Legionella pneumophila Causes...
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Pontiac fever is an acute, nonfatal respiratory disease caused by various species of Gram-negative bacteria in the genus Legionella. It causes a mild...
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Brucellosis (redirect from Undulant fever)
with their secretions. It is also known as undulant fever, Malta fever, and Mediterranean fever. The bacteria causing this disease, Brucella, are small...
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Tularemia (redirect from Deerfly fever)
also known as rabbit fever, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. Symptoms may include fever, skin ulcers, and enlarged...
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Ehrlichiosis (redirect from Sennetsu Fever)
the pathogen ruptures the host cell membrane. Specific symptoms include fever, chills, severe headaches, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss...
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bloodstream, causing a severe and life-threatening illness characterized by fever and chills, decreased blood pressure (septic shock), and blistering skin...
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in disease, including Weil's disease, rat bite fever, cryptosporidiosis, viral hemorrhagic fever, Q fever and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. In the United...
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Scrub typhus (redirect from Tsutsugamushi fever)
classified separately from the other typhi. Signs and symptoms include fever, headache, muscle pain, cough, and gastrointestinal symptoms. More virulent...
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Paratyphoid fever, also known simply as paratyphoid, is a bacterial infection caused by one of three types of Salmonella enterica. Symptoms usually begin...
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Poliomyelitis, paralytic Poliovirus infection, nonparalytic Psittacosis Q fever Q fever, acute Q fever, chronic Rabies, animal Rabies, human Rubella Rubella, congenital...
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African tick bite fever (ATBF) is a bacterial infection spread by the bite of a tick. Symptoms may include fever, headache, muscle pain, and a rash. At...
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Psittacosis (redirect from Parrot fever)
typhus, typhoid, and atypical pneumonia by Mycoplasma, Legionella, or Q fever. Exposure history is paramount to diagnosis. Diagnosis involves microbiological...
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Cat-scratch disease (redirect from Cat-scratch fever)
painful and swollen lymph nodes. People may feel tired, have a headache, or a fever. Symptoms typically begin within 3–14 days following infection. Cat-scratch...
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Coxiellaceae and the genus Coxiella, which include the organism that causes Q fever, are named after him. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, he graduated from Indiana...
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Boutonneuse fever (also called Mediterranean spotted fever, fièvre boutonneuse, Kenya tick typhus, Indian tick typhus, Marseilles fever, or Astrakhan fever) is...
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