pharyngoconjunctival fever
- pharyngoconjunctival fever
pha·ryn·go·con·junc·ti·val fever fə-.riŋ-gō-.kän-.jəŋ(k)-'tī-vəl-, -kən- n an acute epidemic illness caused by various adenoviruses of the genus
Mastadenovirus (
esp. serotypes of species
Human adenovirus B,
Human adenovirus C, and
Human adenovirus E) that usu. affects children of school age and that is characterized typically by fever, pharyngitis, and conjunctivitis
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a highly infectious febrile disease caused by an adenovirus, occurring in epidemic form, usually in schoolchildren, and characterized by fever, pharyngitis, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, and enlarged cervical lymph nodes.
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