trench fever

Etiology

Bartonella quintana

Epidemiology

• distribution: Europe, Africa, North America
• transmitted by body lice

Pathology

• infected louse feces into broken skin

Laboratory

• Weil-Felix reaction negative
• no serology available

More general terms

• louse (Anoplura)-borne infection
• bacterial infection

Additional terms

• Bartonella quintana (Rochalimaea quintana)