Urticaria associated with Katayama fever.
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Katayama fever (disease) — Ka·ta·ya·ma fever (disease) (kah tah yahґmah) [Katayama River Valley, Japan, where it was first reported in the 19th century] see under fever … Medical dictionary
Katayama — is a Japanese surname.People with the name include:*Sen Katayama (1859 1933), Communist activist *Tetsu Katayama (1887 1978), 46th Prime Minister of Japan *Kyoichi Katayama, (born 1959), author *Ukyo Katayama, (born 1963), F1 driver *Shingo… … Wikipedia
Katayama syndrome — n SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA specif an acute form usu. occurring several weeks after initial infection with the causative schistosome (Schistosoma japonicum) called also Katayama disease, Katayama 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
Katayama — Kunika, Japanese physician, 1856–1931. See K. fever, K. test. * * * Ka·ta·ya·ma .kät ə yä mə n in former classifications a genus of Asian freshwater snails including important intermediate hosts of a human trematode worm of the genus Schistosoma… … Medical dictionary
Katayama disease — see under fever … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Schistosoma mansoni — Taxobox name = Schistosoma mansoni image width = 200px image caption = Schistosomes encopula regnum = Animalia phylum = Platyhelminthes classis = Trematoda subclassis = Digenea ordo = Strigeidida genus = Schistosoma species = S. mansoni binomial … Wikipedia
schistosomiasis japonica — schistosomiasis ja·pon·i·ca jə pän i kə n schistosomiasis caused by a schistosome (Schistosoma japonicum) occurring chiefly in eastern Asia and the Pacific islands and predominantly involving infestation of the portal and mesenteric veins see… … Medical dictionary
List of human parasitic diseases — This is a list of topics related to human parasitic diseases. See also the categories shown below.Diseases*Amoebiasis *Ascariasis *Babesiosis *Chagas disease *Clonorchiasis *Cryptosporidiosis *Diphyllobothriasis *Dracunculiasis caused by the… … Wikipedia
