| 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) |
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| 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) |
| fever, quintan | Quintan means recurring every 5 days. See Fever, trench. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever, shin bone | See Fever, trench. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever, splenic | Known also as anthrax, splenic fever is a serious bacterial infection. It is not primarily a human disease but rather an infection of animals. Cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and some wild animals are highly susceptible. Humans (and swine) are generally resistant to anthrax. Anthrax can take different forms. With the lung form of the disease. People inhale the anthrax spores and, if untreated, are likely to die. An intestinal form is caused by eating meat contaminated with anthrax. But most human anthrax comes from skin contact with animal products. Cutaneous (skin) anthrax was once well known among people who handled infected animals, like farmers, woolsorters, tanners, brushmakers and carpetmakers in the days when the brushes and carpets were animal products. The hallmark of skin anthrax is a carbuncle, a cluster of boils, that ulcerates in an ugly way. Typically this lesion has a hard black centre surrounded by bright red inflammation. This accounts for its name, anthrax , the Greek word for coal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever therapy | Treatment of disease by inducing an artificial fever in the patient. Synonym: therapeutic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fever, trench | A louse-borne disease first recognised in the trenches of World War I, again a major problem in the military in World War II, seen endemically in Mexico, N. Africa, E, Europe, and elsewhere. The cause, Rochalimaea quintana, is an unusual rickettsia that multiplies in the gut of the body louse. Transmission to people can occur by rubbing infected louse feces into abraded (scuffed) skin or conjunctiva (whites of the eyes). Onset of symptoms is sudden, with high fever, headache, back and leg pain and a fleeting rash. Recovery takes a month or more. Relapses are common. Also called Wolhynia fever, shin bone fever, quintan fever, five-day fever, Meuse fever, His' disease, His-Werner disease, Werner-His disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fever, wolhynia | See Fever, trench. (12 Dec 1998) |