| undulant fever | <microbiology> A rare infection (less than 200 cases per year in the U.S.) caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. Human infection results from occupational exposure to infected animals or by ingestion of infected milk, milk products or animal tissue. Symptoms are non-specific and include fever, malaise and weight loss. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| undulating fever | <microbiology> A rare infection (less than 200 cases per year in the U.S.) caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella. Human infection results from occupational exposure to infected animals or by ingestion of infected milk, milk products or animal tissue. Symptoms are non-specific and include fever, malaise and weight loss. (27 Sep 1997) |
| fatigue fever | An elevation of the body temperature, lasting sometimes several days, following excessive and long continued muscular exertion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Zika fever | An acute disease, probably transmitted by mosquitoes, clinically resembling dengue; caused by Zika virus, a member of the family Flaviviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zinc fume fever | An occupational disease, characterised by malaria-like symptoms, due to inhalation of particles and fumes of metallic oxides. Fumes are formed by evaporation at very high temperature and condensation in air into fine particles. Synonym: brass founder's ague, foundryman's fever, metal fume fever, zinc fume fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kinkiang fever | Schistosomiasis caused by schistosoma japonicum. It is endemic in the far east and affects the bowel, liver, and spleen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Korean haemorrhagic fever | A form of epidemic haemorrhagic fever caused by the Hantaan virus of the genus hantavirus. Synonym: Manchurian haemorrhagic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fever | <clinical sign> A rise in body temperature above normal usually as a natural response to infection. Typically an oral temperature greater than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit constitutes a fever. (27 Sep 1997) |
| fever blister | <dermatology> Another term used to describe a Herpes simplex lesion (cold sore). (27 Sep 1997) |
| fever blisters | Common with a wide range of infectious diseases. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever, five-day | See Fever, trench. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever, mediterranean | See Familial Mediterranean Fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever, meuse | Named for the Meuse River area, one of the great battlegounds of World War I. See Fever, trench. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever of unknown origin | Fever in which the aetiology cannot be ascertained. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever, q | An acute (abrupt-onset), self-limited febrile illness first reported in 1935 in Queensland, Australia. The Q is said not to be for Queensland, but for Query since the cause of the disease was long a query (question mark). It is now known to be due to Coxiella burnetii, a rickettsia (a peculiar group of bacteria). Aside from sudden onset of fever, there is headache, malaise, and pneumonia (interstitial pneumonitis) but no rash. (12 Dec 1998) |