Kenya tick
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Kenya typhus — Ke·nya typhus ken yə , kēn n a tick borne rickettsial disease that occurs esp. in Kenya and is apparently identical with boutonneuse fever called also Kenya fever, Kenya tick typhus * * * Kenyan tick typhus, Kenya tick typhus boutonneuse fever … Medical 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
Indian tick 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, ↑boutonneuse… … Useful english 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
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Ixodiphagus hookeri — Ixodiphagus hoo … Wikipédia en Français
