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Haverhill fever — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 30717 ICD10 = ICD10|A|25|1|a|20 ICD9 = ICD9|026.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D011906 In rat bite fever transmitted by the gram negative rod… … Wikipedia
Haverhill fever — noun the form of ratbite fever occurring in the United States • Hypernyms: ↑ratbite fever * * * ˈhāv(ə)rə̇l noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: from Haverhill, Mass., where the disease appeared in epidemic proportions in 1926 : rat bite… … Useful english dictionary
Haverhill fever — Ha·ver·hill fever (haґvər il) [Haverhill, Massachusetts, where an epidemic occurred in 1925] see under fever … Medical dictionary
Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… … Medical dictionary
Rat-bite fever — is an acute, febrile human illness caused by bacteria transmitted by rodents, rats in most cases, which is passed from rodent to human via the rodent s urine or mucous secretions.CausesTwo types of gram negative facultatively anaerobic bacteria… … Wikipedia
streptobacillary fever — ▪ pathology also called haverhill fever , or erythema arthriticum epidemicum acute infection caused by the microorganism Streptobacillus moniliformis, transmitted to humans by rat bite or by the ingestion of contaminated foods and… … Universalium
malarial fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
rheumatic fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
scarlet fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
spotted fever — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… … Moby Thesaurus
