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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Trench fever is an intermittent fever characterized by intervals of chills, fever, and splenomegaly each of which may last as long as 40 hours. It is caused by bartonella quintana and transmitted by the human louse."

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