boutonneuse fever
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Related to boutonneuse fever: Mediterranean Spotted Fever, abattoir fever
- noun
Synonyms for boutonneuse fever
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
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