See Also: B quintana(health)
Quintana Roo(encyclopedia)
Quintana Roo(tourism)
Bartonella quintana(medicine)
Bartonella quintana(health)
Quintana Roo hotels(tourism)

dolabriform (iou) and B quintana (health)


dolabriform (iou)



dolabriform adjective. M18.
[from Latin dolabra pickaxe + -I- + -FORM.]
Botany & Entomology. Axe-shaped.

B quintana (health)


Also called Rochalimaea quintana), Bartonella quintana is an unusual rickettsial organism that can multiply within the gut of the body louse and then can be transmitted to humans. Transmission to people can occur by rubbing infected louse feces into abraded (scuffed) skin or into the conjunctivae (whites of the eyes).