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Noun: boutonneuse fever
  1. 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
    - Marseilles fever, Kenya fever, Indian tick fever

Derived forms: boutonneuse fevers

Type of: disease

Encyclopedia: Boutonneuse fever

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