spotted fever

Noun
  1. Any of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skin (synset 114164972)
    is a type of: rickettsial disease, rickettsiosis - infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria
    subtypes: mountain fever, rocky mountain spotted fever, tick fever - caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks

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