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Indian tick typhus — n a disease of India that is caused by a tick borne member of the genus Rickettsia (R. conorii) and is prob. identical with or closely related to boutonneuse fever * * * Israeli tick typhus boutonneuse fever … Medical dictionary
Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… … Medical dictionary
boutonneuse fever — noun a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals • Syn: ↑Marseilles fever, ↑Kenya fever, ↑Indian tick… … Useful english dictionary
Kenya fever — noun a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals • Syn: ↑Marseilles fever, ↑Indian tick fever,… … Useful english dictionary
Marseilles fever — noun a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals • Syn: ↑Kenya fever, ↑Indian tick fever, ↑boutonneuse… … Useful english dictionary
boutonneuse fever — bou·ton·neuse fever .bü tȯ nǣz n a disease of the Mediterranean area that is characterized by headache, pain in muscles and joints, and an eruption over the body and is caused by a tick borne rickettsia (Rickettsia conorii) called also fièvre… … Medical dictionary
Chikungunya — coyچچ Classification and external resources ICD 10 A92.0 ICD 9 065.4 … Wikipedia
typhus — A group of acute infectious and contagious diseases, caused by rickettsiae that are transmitted by arthropods, and occurring in two principal forms: epidemic t. and endemic (murine) t.; typical symptoms include: severe headache, shivering and… … Medical dictionary
Yersinia pestis — A scanning electron microscope micrograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria. Scientific classification Domain … Wikipedia
A partial list of zoonoses — ▪ Table A partial list of zoonoses disease causative organism animals principally involved Viral diseases arbovirus infections febrile illnesses hemorrhagic fever epidemic nephrosonephritis encephalitis (mosquito borne and tick borne) … Universalium
