Noun: boutonneuse fever
- A disease (common in India and around the Mediterranean area) caused by a rickettsia that is transmitted to humans by a reddish brown tick (ixodid) that lives on dogs and other mammals
"Travelers to the Mediterranean region were warned about the risk of boutonneuse fever";
- Marseilles fever, Kenya fever, Indian tick fever
Derived forms: boutonneuse fevers
Type of: disease
Encyclopedia: Boutonneuse fever