trench fever
a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
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Two new diseases have been produced by the World War,—spotted typhus and trench fever; both are carried by vermin.
Lest We Forget | John Gilbert ThompsonWe're immensely merry—all except the trench-fever case who has conceived an immense sorrow for himself.
The Glory of the Trenches | Coningsby DawsonIn my ambulance there are two leg-cases with most theatrical bandages, and one case of trench-fever.
The Glory of the Trenches | Coningsby DawsonOf what actually occurred I know little, for I was laid low in my hut with a bout of trench fever.
A Company of Tanks | W. H. L. WatsonLate in the summer I accumulated a nice little case of trench fever.
A Yankee in the Trenches | R. Derby Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for trench fever
an acute infectious disease characterized by fever and muscular aches and pains, caused by the microorganism Rickettsia quintana and transmitted by the bite of a body louse
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