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English noun: boutonneuse fever

1. boutonneuse fever (state) a disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals


SynonymsIndian tick fever, Kenya fever, Marseilles fever


Broader (hypernym)disease









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