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Descriptor English: Trench Fever
Descriptor Spanish: Fiebre de las Trincheras
Descriptor fiebre de las trincheras
Entry term(s) infección por Bartonella quintana
Scope note: Fiebre intermitente caracterizada por intervalos de escalofríos, fiebre y esplenomegalia, cada uno de los cuales puede durar hasta 40 horas. La causa BARTONELLA QUINTANA y la transmite el piojo del pelo humano.
Descriptor Portuguese: Febre das Trincheiras
Descriptor French: Fièvre des tranchées
Entry term(s): Bartonella quintana Infection
Bartonella quintana Infections
Fever, Trench
Infection, Bartonella quintana
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.400.126.100.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014205
Scope note: An intermittent fever characterized by intervals of chills, fever, and splenomegaly each of which may last as long as 40 hours. It is caused by BARTONELLA QUINTANA and transmitted by the human louse.
Annotation: caused by Bartonella quintana; do not confuse with TRENCH FOOT
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 22705
Unique ID: D014205
NLM Classification: WC 602
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Trench Fever - Preferred
Concept UI M0021872
Scope note An intermittent fever characterized by intervals of chills, fever, and splenomegaly each of which may last as long as 40 hours. It is caused by BARTONELLA QUINTANA and transmitted by the human louse.
Preferred term Trench Fever
Entry term(s) Bartonella quintana Infection
Bartonella quintana Infections
Fever, Trench
Infection, Bartonella quintana



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