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boutonneuse fever
noun bou·ton·neuse fever \ˌbü-tȯ-ˈnœ̅z-\
Medical Definition of BOUTONNEUSE FEVER
: a disease of the Mediterranean area that is characterized by headache, pain in muscles and joints, and an eruption over the body and is caused by a tick-borne rickettsia (Rickettsia conorii)—called also fièvre boutonneuse, Marseilles fever; see tick-bite fever, tick typhus
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