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Mediterranean fever
(Encyclopedia)Mediterranean fever: see brucellosis. ...Lassa fever
(Encyclopedia)Lassa fever lăsˈə [key], an acute viral disease occurring mostly in W Africa, characterized by high fever, muscle aches, mouth ulcers, and bleeding in the skin in more severe cases. The disease was...parrot fever
(Encyclopedia)parrot fever: see psittacosis.Tsutsugamushi fever
(Encyclopedia)Tsutsugamushi fever: see typhus.typhoid fever
(Encyclopedia)typhoid fever acute, generalized infection caused by Salmonella typhi. The main sources of infection are contaminated water or milk and, especially in urban communities, food handlers who are carriers...yellow fever
(Encyclopedia)yellow fever, acute infectious disease endemic in tropical Africa and many areas of South and Central America. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of the female Aedes aegypti mos...breakbone fever
(Encyclopedia)breakbone fever: see dengue fever. ...snail fever
(Encyclopedia)snail fever: see schistosomiasis. ...swamp fever
(Encyclopedia)swamp fever: see leptospirosis.swine fever
(Encyclopedia)swine fever: see African swine fever; classical swine fever. ...Browse by Subject
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