| ship fever | <disease, microbiology> An acute infectious disease characterised by high fever, a skin eruption and severe headache. In the past, typhus has been a disease of war, famine or catastrophe, being spread by lice, ticks or fleas. The infecting organism is Rickettsia prowazekii, sensitive to sulpha drugs or tetracycline. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| shipping fever | In horses, synonymous with pinkeye or influenza, in cattle, a common syndrome seen especially during or after shipping in cold weather or other stressful circumstances, manifested by acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract usually terminating in pneumonia; associated with parainfluenza virus type 3, although some of the infections are associated with Pasteurella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shipping fever virus | Parainfluenza virus type 3. See: parainfluenza viruses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shoddy fever | Febrile disease occurring in workers in shoddy factories, with cough, dyspnea and headache, caused by inhalation of dust. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simian haemorrhagic fever | A highly fatal disease of macaque monkeys caused by the simian haemorrhagic fever virus and characterised by fever, facial oedema, anorexia, adipsia, skin petechiae, diarrhoea, haemorrhages, and death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simian haemorrhagic fever virus | An arterivirus causing simian haemorrhagic fever in macaque monkeys. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sindbis fever | A febrile illness of humans in Africa, Australia, and other countries, characterised by arthralgia, rash, and malaise; caused by the Sindbis virus, a member of the family Togaviridae, and transmitted by culicine mosquitoes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slime fever | Leptospiral infection with jaundice, presumably infection by Leptospira icterohemorrhagica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| slow fever | A continued fever of long duration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| smelter's fever | Metal fume fever, occurring in workers in zinc smelters. Synonym: smelter's chills, smelter's shakes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| snail fever | Disease (bilharzia) caused by digenetic trematode worms of the genus Schistosoma, the adults of which live in the urinary or mesenteric blood vessels. Eggs shed by the female worms pass to the outside in the urine or faeces, but many also lodge in and obstruct the blood flow in the liver. Eosinophils seem to be particularly important in the killing of the invasive larval stage (schistosomulum). Evasion of the host's immune response by adult schistosomes seems to involve the acquisition of a coat of host cell surface material by the parasite. (18 Nov 1997) |
| solar fever | A tropical disease caused by dengue virus (Arbovirus), that is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito of the genus Aedes). Four severity grades of the illness are seen: grade I (fever and constitutional symptoms), grade II (grade I plus spontaneous bleeding of skin, gums or gastrointestinal tract), grade III (grade II plus agitation and circulatory failure) and grade IV (profound shock). Grade I infection is seen most frequently in world travelers, where it is usually self-limited and rarely fatal. The other grades are referred to as dengue haemorrhagic fever and are often fatal. Dengue haemorrhagic fever appears to be an infection by one of the other dengue viruses. Prior immunity to a different dengue virus type appears to be important in the development of the more serious haemorrhagic form. Vaccines are available. Protection from mosquitoes is an important preventive measure. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Songo fever | A condition characterised by acute onset of headache, chills and high fever, sweating, thirst, photophobia, coryza, cough, myalgia, arthralgia, and abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting; this phase lasts from three to six days and is followed by capillary and renal interstitial haemorrhages, oedema, oliguria, azotemia, and shock; most varieties are caused by arboviruses (togaviruses, arenaviruses, flaviviruses, and bunyaviruses), and are rodent-borne. Synonym: haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, Songo fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| South African tick-bite fever | A typhus-like fever of South Africa caused by Rickettsia rickettsii and usually characterised by primary eschar and regional adenitis, rigors, and maculopapular rash on the fifth day, often with severe central nervous system symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spirillum fever | An acute infection characterised by recurrent episodes of pyrexia alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition has worldwide distribution and is caused by spirochetes of the genus borrelia. (12 Dec 1998) |