African tick-bite fever

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• African tick fever — African tick bite fever 1. a type of spotted fever seen in southern Africa, caused by infection with Rickettsia africae and spread by the bites of ticks of species Amblyomma hebraeum and A. variegatum; symptoms are similar to those of boutonneuse …   Medical dictionary

• South African tick-bite fever — boutonneuse f …   Medical dictionary

• African tick typhus — One of the tick borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (tache noire) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite… …   Medical dictionary

• Typhus, African tick — One of the tick borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (tache noire) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite… …   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

• Boutonneuse fever — Classification and external resources Typical eschar and spots on the leg of a patient with Boutonneuse fever[1] …   Wikipedia

• North Asian tick typhus — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A77.2 ICD 9 082.2 …   Wikipedia

• Japanese spotted fever — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A77.8 Japanese spotted fever (or oriental spotted fever) is a condition characterized by a rash that has early macules, and later, in some patients, petechiae …   Wikipedia

• boutonneuse 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… …   Universalium

• boutonneuse 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… …   Medical dictionary

• Rocky Mountain spotted fever — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = PAGENAME Caption = Petechial rash caused by rocky mountain spotted fever on the arm ICD10 = ICD10|A|77|0|a|75 ICD9 = ICD9|082.0 ICDO = OMIM = DiseasesDB = 31130 MedlinePlus = 000654 eMedicineSubj = emerg… …   Wikipedia