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Meaning of "relapsing fever" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RELAPSING FEVER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELAPSING FEVER

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Relapsing fever is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RELAPSING FEVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Relapsing fever

Relapsing fever is a vector-borne disease caused by infection with certain bacteria in the genus Rickettsia and Borrelia, which are transmitted through the bites of lice or soft-bodied ticks.

Definition of relapsing fever in the English dictionary

The definition of relapsing fever in the dictionary is any of various infectious diseases characterized by recurring fever, caused by the bite of body lice or ticks infected with spirochaetes of the genus Borrelia Also called: recurrent fever.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELAPSING FEVER

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relace
relache
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reland
relandscape
relapse
relapser
relata
relatable
relate
related
relatedly
relatedness
relater
relation
relational
relationally
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WORDS THAT END LIKE RELAPSING FEVER

African swine fever
cabin fever
cat-scratch fever
dengue fever
east coast fever
ever
fever
gold fever
haemorrhagic fever
hay fever
jungle fever
Mediterranean fever
Q fever
recurrent fever
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
scarlet fever
spotted fever
spring fever
swine fever
typhoid fever
yellow fever

Synonyms and antonyms of relapsing fever in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «relapsing fever» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELAPSING FEVER

Find out the translation of relapsing fever to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of relapsing fever from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «relapsing fever» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回归热
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fiebre recurrente
570 millions of speakers

English

relapsing fever
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

relapsing बुखार
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الحمى الراجعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возвратный тиф
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

febre recorrente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুনর্জন্ম জ্বর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fièvre récurrente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kambuh demam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rückfallfieber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回帰熱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

재발 발열
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Relapsing fever
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tái phát bịnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறுபடியும் காய்ச்சல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुनरुत्थान ताप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tekrarlayan ateş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

febbre ricorrente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gorączka nawracającym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поворотний тиф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

febră recidivantă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυρετός υποτροπιάζουσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

herhalende koors
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

återfallsfeber
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

relapsing feber
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of relapsing fever

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELAPSING FEVER»

The term «relapsing fever» is normally little used and occupies the 108.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELAPSING FEVER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about relapsing fever

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELAPSING FEVER»

Discover the use of relapsing fever in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to relapsing fever and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Porins of Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fever Spirochetes
Summary Relapsing fever is a worldwide, endemic disease caused by several spirochetal species belonging to the genus Borrelia. During the recurring fever peaks borreliae proliferate remarkably fast compared to the slow dissemination of  ...
Marcus Thein, 2012
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH: ...
In summary, one primary area of investigation of the Medical Entomology Section of the Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens involves a multifaceted approach to elucidate the distribution and public health significance of tick-borne relapsing fever ...
Vassil St. Georgiev, 2010
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Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control: A Global ...
CLINICAL FEATURES Louse-borne relapsing fever is an epidemic disease occurring in the same situations or even at the same time as epidemic typhus. The disease is very similar to tick-borne relapsing fever (see below), with periods of ...
Roger Webber, 2009
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A Treatise on Relapsing Or Famine Fever
In making inquiries of the people of a district regarding the nature of an epidemic of fever, a statement regarding jaundice should always raise the suspicion that the disease is relapsing fever. This symptom has never, to my knowledge, been ...
R. T. Lyons, 1872
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Vector- and Rodent-Borne Diseases in Europe and North ...
These include five spotted fever rickettsiae, the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, four species of the B. burgdorferi complex and a new relapsing fever caused by a Borrelia species (Parola & Raoult, 2001). The species of Borrelia ...
Norman Gratz, 2006
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Zoonoses Volume 1
Tick-borne relapsing fever (Ornithodoros spp.). Mode of transmission. Tick Ornithodoros spp. Tick bite Bite Man Wild animals (rodents, armadillos, skunks, weasels, squirrels, and bats) Wild animals (rodents, armadillos, skunks, weasels,  ...
Pedro N. Acha, Boris Szyfres, 2001
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Fever of Unknown Origin
... HIV) Mental confusion (brucellosis, TB, chronic viral/parasitic CNS infections, HIV, CSF) Sudden vision loss (SBE, brain abscess) CVA (TB, SBE) Tongue pain ( relapsing fever) Shoulder pain (subdiaphragmatic abscess) Arthralgias (LGV, ...
Burke A. Cunha, 2007
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Conn's Current Therapy 2014: Expert Consult: Online
Epidemic relapsing fever is transmitted from person to person by the body louse Pediculus humanus. • Endemic relapsing fever is transmitted from rodent reservoirs to humans exposed to endemic areas by soft-bodied ticks ofthe genus  ...
Edward T. Bope, Rick D. Kellerman, 2013
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Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases: ...
I Exp Med 1983;158:2127-2140. Calabi O. The presence of plasma inhibitors during the crisis phenomenon in experimental relapsing fever (Borrelia not/yr'). I Exp Med 1959;110:811—818. Felsenfeld O. Borrelia, human relapsing fever, and  ...
Sarah S. Long, Larry K. Pickering, Charles G. Prober, 2012
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Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious ...
Assous MV, Wilamowski A. Relapsing fever borreliosis in Eurasia—forgotten, but certainly not gone! Clin Microbiol Infect 2009;15:407–14. 3. Parola P, Raoult D. Ticks and tick-borne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat.
Alan J. Magill, Edward T. Ryan, James H. Maguire, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELAPSING FEVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term relapsing fever is used in the context of the following news items.
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Outbreak of tickborne relapsing fever strikes outdoor camp
Five high school football players were hospitalized with tickborne relapsing fever (TBRF) after attending an outdoor education camp in Arizona, according to a ... «AAP News, Jul 15»
2
Veilburner Premieres New Track "Ever Relapsing Fever"
Pennsylvania-based avantgarde death/black metal maniacs of Veilburner premiere a new track titled "Ever Relapsing Fever" taken from the forthcoming new ... «Metal Underground, Jul 15»
3
Lyme disease: Tick researcher finds bacteria with similar symptoms …
"As the same suggests, relapsing fever causes fevers that come and go and a wide range of other symptoms in people, some of which have similarities with ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
4
Be On The Look-Out For Ticks
... common tick-borne illnesses reported in Montana are Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, Rabbit Fever and Tick-borne Relapsing Fever. «ABC FOX Montana News, Jun 15»
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Steamboat briefs: Chamber seeks volunteers for Hot Air Balloon …
Tick bites in Colorado can result in Colorado tick fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tick-borne relapsing fever. #Ticks should be removed from skin as ... «Steamboat Pilot & Today, Jun 15»
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A germ stopper for blood products
The bacteria cause tick-borne relapsing fever. The new treatment can inactivate germs such as these, even when no test exists to tell whether they are present. «Science News for Students, Jun 15»
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Beyond Lyme, ticks cause new illnesses
Doctors found spiral-shaped bacteria in her spinal fluid that looked like Lyme but caused a relapsing fever more closely related to some other tick-borne ... «Bend Bulletin, Jun 15»
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New Tickborne Infection, More Common Than Once Believed …
Most patients had a severe headache, along with high relapsing fever, chills, muscle aches, along with abnormal white blood cell and platelet counts. «Forbes, Jun 15»
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Worse than Lyme? Another tick-borne infection sends people to …
"Fever and severe headaches caused [doctors] to have a suspicion of possible ... comes to the symptoms it produces: the bacterium that causes relapsing fever. «Today.com, Jun 15»
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Ticks: One woman's warning
Like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain and tickborne relapsing fever can be treated with antibiotics. Colorado tick fever is caused by a virus, and there are no ... «Flathead Publishing Group, May 15»

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