relapsing fever
relapsing fever
nounDefinition of RELAPSING FEVER
: a variable acute epidemic disease that is marked by recurring high fever usually lasting three to seven days and is caused by a spirochete (genus Borrelia) transmitted by the bites of lice and ticks
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1849
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