"Q fever" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From query + fever, the causative agent being unknown at the time. Etymology templates: {{m|en|query}} query, {{m|en|fever}} fever Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Q fever (uncountable)
  1. An infectious disease, resembling influenza, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii (previously classified as Rickettsia burnetii). Wikipedia link: Q fever Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Bacterial diseases, Diseases Synonyms: Q-fever Derived forms: Australian Q fever, Q fever pneumonia Related terms: query fever Translations (infectious disease resembling influenza): حَمَى Q (ḥamā Q) (Arabic), կու տենդ (english: ku tend) (Armenian), Q熱 (Chinese Mandarin), Q热 (Q-rè) (Chinese Mandarin), Q型流感 (Q-xíngliúgǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), Q horečka [feminine] (Czech), Q-koorts [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), Q-kuume (Finnish), fièvre Q (French), Q-Fieber [neuter] (German), क्यू बुखार (kyū bukhār) (Hindi), Q-láz (Hungarian), febbre Q [feminine] (Italian), Q熱 (kyū-netsu) (alt: キューねつ) (Japanese), 큐열 (kyuyeol) (alt: ) (Korean), febre Q [feminine] (Portuguese), Ку-лихора́дка (Ku-lixorádka) [feminine] (Russian), fiebre Q [feminine] (Spanish), bệnh sốt Q (Vietnamese)

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