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relapsing fever — n any of several forms of an acute epidemic infectious disease marked by sudden recurring paroxysms of high fever lasting from five to seven days, articular and muscular pains, and a sudden crisis and caused by a spirochete of the genus Borrelia… … Medical dictionary
Relapsing fever — | MeshID = D012061 Relapsing fever is an infection caused by certain bacteria in the genus Borrelia .cite journal |author=Schwan T |title=Ticks and Borrelia: model systems for investigating pathogen arthropod interactions |journal=Infect Agents… … Wikipedia
Tick-borne encephalitis — Tick borne meningoencephalitis Classification and external resources ICD 10 A84 ICD 9 063 … Wikipedia
Dutton relapsing fever — a form of tick borne relapsing fever seen in Central and Southern Africa, caused by Borrelia duttonii … Medical dictionary
relapsing fever — Pathol. one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks. Also called recurrent fever. [1840 50] * * *… … Universalium
Tick-borne disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 584 MeshID = D017282 Tick borne diseases are diseases or illnesses transmitted by ticks. As the incidence of… … Wikipedia
Tick-borne disease — A disease carried by or caused by a tick. In the United States, the tick borne diseases include: {{}}Babesiosis (a malaria like infection) Colorado tick fever (generally in the western US) Ehrlichiosis Lyme disease Relapsing fever (also called… … Medical dictionary
endemic relapsing fever — tick borne relapsing f … Medical dictionary
Tick — For other uses, see Tick (disambiguation). Ticks Adult deer tick, Ixodes scapularis Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
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
