Bartonella quintana
Species of bacterium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bartonella quintana, originally known as Rochalimaea quintana,[2] and "Rickettsia quintana",[3] is a bacterium transmitted by the human body louse that causes trench fever.[4] This bacterial species caused outbreaks of trench fever affecting 1 million soldiers in Europe during World War I.[5]
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Bartonella quintana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
Order: | Hyphomicrobiales |
Family: | Bartonellaceae |
Genus: | Bartonella |
Species: | B. quintana |
Binomial name | |
Bartonella quintana (Schmincke 1917) Brenner et al. 1993 | |
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