Noun: deer fly fever
- A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks, flies or by handling infected animals
"The hunter contracted deer fly fever after skinning an infected rabbit";
- tularemia [N. Amer], tularaemia [Brit, Cdn], rabbit fever, yatobyo
Derived forms: deer fly fever, deer fly fevers
Type of: zoonosis, zoonotic disease
Encyclopedia: Deer fly fever