Kenya typhus

noun

Ke·nya typhus | \ ˈken-yə-, ˈkēn-

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Medical Definition of Kenya typhus

: a tick-borne rickettsial disease that occurs especially in Kenya and is apparently identical with boutonneuse fever

— called also Kenya fever, Kenya tick typhus

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