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Q fever

Q fever noun: an infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii).

Noun

Q fever (uncountable)

  1. An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii).
    • 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.1995, M. Isaacson, M. J. Hale, Chapter 8: Infections Caused by Rickettsiae, W. Doerr, Tropical Pathology, page 275
    • Q fever (query fever) is a zoonosis with worldwide distribution. New Zealand is the only country free of the disease.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 meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

Q fever in Hindi

infectious disease resembling influenza
क्यू बुखार kyū bukhār

Q fever in Tamil

க்யூ காய்ச்சல்

Q fever in Arabic

infectious disease resembling influenza
حَمَى Q ḥamā Q

Q fever in Vietnamese

infectious disease resembling influenza
bệnh sốt Q

Forms of Q fever

alternative formQ-fever

Origin of Q fever

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

Words formed from Q fever

  • Australian Q fever
  • Q fever pneumonia

Questions about Q fever

What does Q fever mean?
Q fever means an infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii).
What is Q fever in Hindi?
Q fever in Hindi is क्यू बुखार (kyū bukhār). See Q fever meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Q fever?
Q fever is a noun.

Words near Q fever in the dictionary

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  10. Q n' As
  11. Q quotient

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Q fever (page history and authors); q fever (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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