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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...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.valley fever
(Encyclopedia)valley fever: see coccidioidomycosis. ...Browse by Subject
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