ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER


Meaning of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1905

: an acute disease that is characterized by chills, fever, prostration, pains in muscles and joints, and a red to purple eruption and that is caused by a rickettsia ( Rickettsia rickettsii ) usually transmitted by an ixodid tick and especially either the American dog tick or a wood tick ( Dermacentor andersoni )

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