francisellosis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Francisella +‎ -osis.

Noun[edit]

francisellosis (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) Infection by Francisella bacteria.
    • 2006 July, Karl F. Ottem, “Francisella sp. (Family Francisellaceae) causing mortality in Norwegian cod (Gadus morhua) farming”, in Archives of Microbiology:
      A challenge experiment on cod has been performed to show that this bacterium is the causative agent of a new disease, francisellosis, described from farmed cod. The histopathology is described from cod with chronic francisellosis.