Q fever

== English == === Alternative forms === Q-fever === Etymology === From query + fever, the causative agent being unknown at the time. === Noun === Q fever (uncountable) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== Australian Q fever Q fever pneumonia ==== Translations ==== === See also === query fever