Bartonella quintana

"Bartonella quintana", also known as "Rochalimaea quintana",cite web |url=http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8096 |title="Bartonella quintana" definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms|accessdate=2007-06-10 |format=Html |work= Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms] is a microorganism that is transmitted by the human body louse.cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol11no12/03-0045.htm |title="Bartonella quintana" in Cynomolgus Monkey |accessdate=2007-06-10 |author=Laurie G. O'Rourke |coauthors=Christian Pitulle, Barbara C. Hegarty, Sharon Kraycirik, Karen A. Killary, Paul Grosenstein, James W. Brown, Edward B. Breitschwerdt |year=2005 |month=December |format=Htm |work=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ] This microorganism is trench fever's etiologic agent. This bacteria resulted in about 1 million soldiers in Europe during World War I being infected with Trench Fever.cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol2no2/jackson.htm |title=Emergence of "Bartonella quintana" Infection among Homeless Persons |accessdate=2007-06-11 |format=htm |work=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ]

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