tick fever


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to tick fever: Lyme disease

tick fever

n.
Any of various febrile diseases transmitted by ticks, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Texas fever.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

tick fever

n
1. (Pathology) any acute infectious febrile disease caused by the bite of an infected tick
2. (Pathology) another name for Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tick′ fe`ver


n.
any infectious disease transmitted by ticks.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tick fever - caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood tickstick fever - caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
mountain fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever
spotted fever - any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Relapsing fever (febris recurrens, Ruckfallfieber, spirillum fever, tick fever).
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in the White Mountains, Arizona, USA, 2013-2018
In early summer 2018, four cases of Colorado tick fever (CTF) were reported in residents of central Oregon; CTF virus infection was confirmed using CDC's reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay (1).
Investigation of Colorado Tick Fever Virus Disease Cases--Oregon, 2018
* The differential diagnosis for unilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy with associated constitutional symptoms was broad, in this case, and included pelvic inflammatory disease, bubonic plague, iliopsoas abscess, lymphogranuloma venereum, bartonellosis, infectious mononucleosis, and tick-borne diseases, such as ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Colorado tick fever.
CASE REPORT
Transmission of Colorado tick fever virus by blood transfusion.
Pathogens transmitted in red blood cell transfusions An up-to-date table
There's also an elderly dog called Bozo with tick fever, caused by blood-sucking parasites.
BEST OF THE REST
And there's an elderly dog called Bozo with tick fever, caused by bloodsucking parasites.
RECORD tv
Although most people know that some types of ticks carry Lyme disease, many don't know that a tick may be the carrier of many diseases including Rickettsiose, Ehrlichiosis, Borreliosis, Erythema Chronicum Migrans, Babesiosis, Colorado Tick Fever, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Tularemia, and more.
Tick Removal Methods
Neuroinvasive disease rarely occurs with dengue, Colorado tick fever, and chikungunya infections.
Arboviral and other vector-borne diseases
Colorado tick 1-14 days Flu-like lethargy, fever, chills, fever (Colorado headache, myalgia, conjunctival tick fever injection, pharyngeal edema, virus- lymphadenopathy, maculopapular or Coltivirus) petechial rash in < 20%; 50% of patients have symptoms remitting after 2-4 days & recurring 1-3 days later.
Tickborne coinfections in the United States

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?