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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.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. ...beaver fever
(Encyclopedia)beaver fever: see giardiasis.Browse by Subject
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