| RMSF | Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
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| abs | feb while fever is absent |
| AHF | acute heart failure; American Health Foundation; American Hepatic Foundation; American Hospital Form... |
| APCF | acute pharyngoconjunctival fever |
| ARF | acute renal failure; acute respiratory failure; acute rheumatic fever; Addiction Research Foundation... |
Jacaranda lancifoliate 임질의 치료제를 얻는 원료 식물.
Jaccoud's dissociated fever
| african swine fever virus | The lone species of the genus african swine fever-like viruses. The virus causes a fatal disease among domestic pigs in africa and a less virulent infection in europe. The virus is present in soft ticks (ornithodoros moubata), warthogs, or domestic pigs. Originally listed as a species of iridoviridae, the virus exhibits some similarities to poxviridae but its differences warranted placement in a separate genus of an, as yet unknown, family. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| African tick fever | A form of haemorrhagic fever distinct from Omsk haemorrhagic fever, occurring in central Russia, transmitted by species of the tick Hyalomma, and caused by Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, a member of the Bunyaviridae family; horses are the chief reservoir of human infection; characterised by abrupt onset, high fever, headache, myalgia, widespread petechial haemorrhagic lesions, gastrointestinal bleeding, high fatality rate. Synonym: African tick fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| algid pernicious fever | A pernicious malarial attack in which the patient presents symptoms of collapse and shock. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ardent fever | A term sometimes applied to hyperpyrexia occurring in intermittent malarial fever. Synonym: heat apoplexy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Argentinean haemorrhagic fever | A form of haemorrhagic fever observed in South America, seemingly transmitted by contact from rodents to man and caused by the Junin virus, a member of the family Arenaviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Argentine haemorrhagic fever virus | A member of the Arenaviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artificial fever | 1. Obsolete synonym for pyrotherapy. 2. Treatment of fever. Synonym: artificial fever, induced fever. Origin: pyreto-+ G. Therapeia, treatment (05 Mar 2000) |
| aseptic fever | Fever accompanied by malaise due to absorption of dead but not infected tissue following an injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Assam fever | A chronic disease, occurring in India, Assam, China, the area formerly known as the Mediterranean littoral areas, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, China, South and Central America, Asia, Africa caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the bite of an appropriate species of sandfly of the genus Phlebotomus or Lutzomyia; the organisms grow and multiply in macrophages, eventually causing them to burst and liberate amastigote parasites which then invade other macrophages; proliferation of macrophages in the bone marrow causes crowding out of erythroid and myeloid elements, resulting in leukopenia, and anaemia, splenomegaly, and hepatomegaly which are characteristic, along with enlargement of lymph nodes; fever, fatigue, malaise, and secondary infections also occur; different strains of leishmaniasis donovani occur; leishmaniasis infantum in Eurasia, leishmaniasis chagasi in Latin America. Synonym: Assam fever, black sickness, Burdwan fever, cachectic fever, Dumdum fever, kala azar, tropical splenomegaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Australian Q fever | A variety of Q fever occurring in Australia; an acute infectious rickettsial infection caused by Coxiella burnetii and transmitted by ticks, enzootic in animals in Australia, especially bandicoots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autumn fever | A fever resembling dengue occurring at the end of the summer in India. Synonym: seven-day fever. Synonym: hasamiyami. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biliary fever of dogs | A form of babesiosis (piroplasmosis) of the dog characterised by fever and icterus and caused by Babesia canis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biliary fever of horses | <veterinary> A disease of horses caused by species of Babesia and characterised by high fever, icterus, and enlargement of the spleen and lymph nodes. Synonym: biliary fever of horses, equine biliary fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bilious remittent fever | Old term for relapsing fever, malarial "bilious" vomiting associated with marked increase of serum bilirubin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black fever | An acute tick-borne illness caused by the bacteria Rickettsia rickettsii. The disease is characterised by sudden onset of headache, chills and fever which can persist for 2-3 weeks. A characteristic rash appears on the extremities and trunk about the 4th day of illness. (27 Sep 1997) |