sennetsu fever

sennetsu fever
[Jap. sennetsu infectious mononucleosis, which it resembles] a febrile disease occurring in Japan and Malaysia and caused by Neorickettsia sennetsu; symptoms include headache, nausea or vomiting, lymphocytosis, and postauricular and posterior lymphadenopathy.

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