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fever
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fever (Excitement), noun agitation, ardor, arousing, delirium, desire, disquiet, eagerness, enthusiasm, exhilaration, fervency, fever pitch, feverish excitement, feverishness, fire, fomentation, frenzy, galvanization, heat, intensity, panic, passion, provocation, stimulation, stirring up, tizzy, turmoil, upset, working up, zeal, zealousness, zest
Associated concepts: proceedings reaching a fever pitch
fever (Illness), noun affliction, ailment, eleeated temperature, feverishness, has a disorder, has a malady, has an affliction, has an ailment, ill health, illness, in poor health, infirmity, not healthy, sickness, temperature
Associated concepts: fee services, health care
See also: furor


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Both scrub typhus and spirillary rat-bite fever produce eschars at the site of inoculation with lymph node enlargement, but are uncommon in the United States.
To the Editor: Rat-bite fever was once considered an infection exclusive to children living in poverty; however, dense urban housing and changing pet-keeping practices may be altering this profile (1,2).
Rodents and their fleas are carriers of a variety of serious illnesses, including leptospirosis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCMV), hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), murine typhus, rat-bite fever, rickettsialpox, and salmonellosis.
 
 
 
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