Q fever

Term ID

DOID:11100

Synonyms

• Infection due to Coxiella burnetii

Definition

A primary bacterial infectious disease that is a zoonotic infectious disease affecting multiple organs, has_material_basis_in Coxiella burnetii, which is transmitted_by inhalation of air contaminated by barnyard dust containing dried placental material, birth fluids, or excreta of infected herd animals, transmitted_by ingestion of contaminated milk, transmitted_by tick bites and transmitted_by contact with infected person. The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom headache, has_symptom cough, has_symptom pleuritic chest pain, has_symptom myalgia and has_symptom arthralgia. (3)

References

• GARD:7515
• ICD10CM:A78
• ICD9CM:083.0
• MESH:D011778
• NCI:C34970
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:266205000
• UMLS_CUI:C0034362

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:11100 )