trench fever in English

noun
1
a highly contagious rickettsial disease transmitted by lice, that infected soldiers in the trenches in World War I.
The body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, is a vector of epidemic typhus, trench fever , and relapsing fever.

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1. Body lice feed on human blood and can spread epidemic typhus, relapsing fever and trench fever.

2. (Anoplura: Pediculidae), is a vector of several diseases, including louse-borne epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, and trench fever, whereas the head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer (Anoplura: Pediculidae), is more a pest of social concern.

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