rat typhus

Noun
  1. Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea;
    Characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash (synset 114164720)
    is a type of: typhus, typhus fever - rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
    same as: endemic typhus, murine typhus, urban typhus

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