Q fever

English

Alternative forms

• Q-fever

Etymology

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

Noun

Q fever (uncountable)

1. An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii).
   • 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.

   • 2013, H. I. J. Roest, A. Bossers, J. M. J. Rebel, “Q Fever Diagnosis and Control in Domestic Ruminants”, in J. A. Roth, J. A. Richt, I. A. Morozov, editors, Vaccines and Diagnostics for Transboundary Animal Diseases, page 183:

     Q fever has a major public health impact when outbreaks occur. […] Accurate diagnosis and effective control strategies are necessary to limit the zoonotic and veterinary impact of Q fever.

Derived terms

• Australian Q fever
• Q fever pneumonia

Translations

infectious disease resembling influenza

• Arabic: حَمَى Q (ḥamā Q)
• Armenian: կու տենդ (ku tend)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: Q熱 / Q热 (Q-rè), Q型流感 (Q-xíngliúgǎn)

• Czech: Q horečka f
• Dutch: Q-koorts m or f
• Finnish: Q-kuume (fi)
• French: fièvre Q (fr)
• German: Q-Fieber n
• Hindi: क्यू बुखार (kyū bukhār)
• Hungarian: Q-láz
• Italian: febbre Q f
• Japanese: Ｑ熱 (キューねつ, kyū-netsu)
• Korean: 큐열(熱) (kyuyeol)
• Portuguese: febre Q f
• Russian: Ку-лихора́дка f (Ku-lixorádka)
• Spanish: fiebre Q f
• Vietnamese: bệnh sốt Q

See also

• query fever