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swamp fever
swamp fevern.1. Malaria.2. Equine infectious anemia.3. Leptospirosis.swamp fever n 1. (Veterinary Science) Also called: equine infectious anaemia a viral disease of horses characterized by recurring fever, staggering gait, and general debility 2. (Pathology) a US name for malaria lep•to•spi•ro•sis (ˌlɛp toʊ spaɪˈroʊ sɪs) n. an infectious disease of humans and domestic animals, caused by the spirochete Leptospira interrogans and characterized by fever, muscle pain, and jaundice. [1925–30; < New Latin Leptospir(a) (lepto- lepto- + Latin spīra coil; see spire2) + -osis] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | swamp fever - an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and feverleptospirosiscanicola fever - an acute feverish disease in people and in dogs marked by gastroenteritis and mild jaundiceWeil's disease - a severe form of leptospirosis in human beingszoonosis, zoonotic disease - an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans |
swamp fever
swamp fever: see leptospirosisleptospirosis , febrile disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospirae. The disease may affect dogs, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and horses and is also transmissible to humans. ..... Click the link for more information. .swamp fever[′swämp ‚fē·vər] (veterinary medicine) infectious anemia swamp fever
swamp fevern.1. Malaria.2. Equine infectious anemia.3. Leptospirosis.swamp fever Microbiology A generic term for any of a number of infections that are more common in swamps and typically transmitted by mosquitoes, such as: (1) Leptospirosis, see there; (2) Malaria. Veterinary medicine Equine infectious anaemia, see there.swamp fever Synonym for 1. Equine infectious anemia, a viral infection of horses, transmitted by hematophagous arthopods, causing weakness, recurrent fever, marked anemia and muscular atrophy.2. Malaria.3. Marsh fever A waterborne infection–vector is Rattus rattus–by the spirochete, Leptospira grippotyphosa, which causes fever, general malaise and aseptic meningitis.e·quine in·fec·tious a·ne·mi·a (ē'kwīn in-fek'shŭs ă-nē'mē-ă) A worldwide disease of horses and other equids, caused by equine infectious anemia virus marked by general debility, remittent fever, staggering gait, progressive anemia, and loss of flesh; it is transmitted by bloodsucking insects and by contact, oral infection, or the use of unsterilized syringes and needles. Synonym(s): swamp fever (1) .
ma·lar·i·a (mă-lar'ē-ă) A disease caused by the presence of the sporozoan Plasmodium in the erythrocyte phase, usually transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus Anopheles. Human infection begins with the exoerythrocytic cycle in liver parenchyma cells, followed by a series of erythrocytic schizogenous cycles repeated at regular intervals; production of gametocytes in other red blood cells provides future gametes for another mosquito infection; characterized by episodic severe chills and high fever, prostration, and occasionally death or immunologically mediated sequelae. See also: Plasmodium, tropical diseases Synonym(s): swamp fever (2) . swamp fever See LEPTOSPIROSIS.swamp fever
Synonyms for swamp fevernoun an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animalsSynonymsRelated Words- canicola fever
- Weil's disease
- zoonosis
- zoonotic disease
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