Medical Definition of African tick fever

1. A form of haemorrhagic fever distinct from Omsk haemorrhagic fever, occurring in central Russia, transmitted by species of the tick Hyalomma, and caused by Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, a member of the Bunyaviridae family; horses are the chief reservoir of human infection; characterised by abrupt onset, high fever, headache, myalgia, widespread petechial haemorrhagic lesions, gastrointestinal bleeding, high fatality rate. Synonym: African tick fever. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of African Tick Fever

African love grass
African mahogany
African marigold
African millet
African monitor
African nation
African oil palm
African sandalwood
African scented mahogany
african sleeping sickness
african swine fever
african swine fever-like viruses
african swine fever virus
african tapeworm
African tea
African tick fever (current term)
african tick typhus
African trypanosomiasis
African tulip
African violet
African walnut
African wild ass
African yellowwood
africa south of the sahara
Afrikaans
Afrikander
Afrikaner
afrit
afrits
AFRL

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