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Noun: Indian tick fever
  1. 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
    - Marseilles fever, Kenya fever, boutonneuse fever

Type of: disease

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