Diseases

Boutonneuse Fever

A febrile disease of the Mediterranean area, the Crimea, Africa, and India, caused by infection with RICKETTSIA CONORII.

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Abstract

A febrile disease of the Mediterranean area, the Crimea, Africa, and India, caused by infection with RICKETTSIA CONORII.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Mediterranean Spotted Fever
  • Rickettsia conorii Infection
  • Boutonneuse Fevers
  • Fever, Boutonneuse
  • Fevers, Boutonneuse
  • Infection, Rickettsia conorii
  • Infections, Rickettsia conorii
  • Rickettsia conorii Infections
  • Spotted Fever, Mediterranean

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

caused by RICKETTSIA CONORII

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History Note

87(75); was see under RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS 1977-86; was see under RICKETTSIAL DISEASES 1965-76; was see under ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER 1963-64

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Boutonneuse Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001907. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001907
  2. Boutonneuse Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutonneuse_fever
  3. Boutonneuse Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q895297