Kenya fever


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Noun1.Kenya 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 mammalsKenya 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
boutonneuse fever, Indian tick fever, Marseilles fever
disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
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