Typhus+fever
111famine fever — noun : relapsing fever * * * famine fever, = typhus. (Cf. ↑typhus) …
112Rocky Mountain spotted fever — Rocky Moun·tain spotted fever räk ē mau̇nt ən n an acute bacterial disease that is characterized by chills, fever, prostration, pains in muscles and joints, and a red purple eruption and that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia (R.… …
113boutonneuse fever — ▪ pathology French Fièvre Boutonneuse, or Fièvre Exanthématique, a mild, typhuslike fever caused by the bacterium Rickettsia conorii and transmitted by ticks (tick), occurring in most of the Mediterranean countries and the Crimea. Available… …
114Q fever — query fever * * * Q fever n a disease that is characterized by high fever, chills, muscular pains, headache, and sometimes pneumonia, that is caused by a rickettsial bacterium of the genus Coxiella (C. burnetii) of which domestic animals serve as …
115boutonneuse 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… …
116prison fever — pris·on fever priz ən n TYPHUS (a) * * * epidemic typhus …
117japanese river fever — noun Usage: usually capitalized J : tsutsugamushi disease * * * Japanese river fever, = scrub typhus. (Cf. ↑scrub typhus) …
118Paratyphoid fever — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 33218 ICD10 = ICD10|A|01|1|a|00 ICD10|A|01|4|a|00 ICD9 = ICD9|002 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D010284 : This about the disease paratyphoid fever. See …
119Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) — An acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the Rocky Mountain states, caused by Rickettsia rickettsii transmitted by hard shelled (ixodid) ticks. Occurs only in the Western Hemisphere. Anyone frequenting tick infested areas is at …
120Mite-borne typhus — Scrub: typhus, a mite borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with fever, headache, a raised (macular) rash, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and a dark crusted ulcer (called an eschar or… …
