boutonneuse fever

noun

A fever resulting from infection by the bacterium Rickettsia conorii.

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Meanings

nounboutonneuse fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA fever resulting from infection by the bacterium Rickettsia conorii.

    Synonyms: Astrakhan fever, Indian tick typhus, Kenya tick typhus, Marseilles fever, Mediterranean spotted fever

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fever resulting from infection by the bacterium Rickettsia conorii.

Similar
Astrakhan feverIndian tick typhusKenya tick typhusMarseilles feverMediterranean spotted fever

More synonyms by meaning

nouna 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

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Marseilles feverKenya feverIndian tick fever
Broader
disease
Also see
astrakhan feverindian tick typhuskenya tick typhusmarseilles fevermediterranean spotted fever

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