| news | An announcement or statement of recent or current events of new data and matters of interest in the field of medicine or science. In some publications, such as "nature" or "science," the news reports are substantively written and herald medical and scientific data of vital or controversial importance to the populace. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| asian americans | Persons living in the united states having origins in any of the original peoples of the far east, southeast asia, the pacific islands, or the indian subcontinent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Asian influenza | A worldwide influenza, apparently originating in China in the summer of 1957, which produces a milder disease than that of the pandemic of 1917-1919. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rickettiosis, north asian tick-borne | One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to rocky mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (eschar) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite lymphadenopathy), and a red raised (maculopapular) rash. (12 Dec 1998) |
| north asian tick-borne rickettsiosis | One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to rocky mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (eschar) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite lymphadenopathy), and a red raised (maculopapular) rash. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tick-borne rickettsiosis, north asian | One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to rocky mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (eschar) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite lymphadenopathy), and a red raised (maculopapular) rash. (12 Dec 1998) |