relapsing fever

re·laps·ing fever   (rĭ-lāp'sĭng) n.  Any of several infectious diseases characterized by chills and fever and caused by spirochetes transmitted by lice and ticks. Also called recurrent fever.

Main Entry: relapsing fever
Function: noun
: any of several forms of an acute epidemic infectious disease marked by sudden recurring paroxysms of high fever lasting fromfive to seven days, articular and muscular pains, and a sudden crisis and caused by a spirochete of the genus Borrelia transmitted by the bites of lice and ticks and found in the circulatingblood —see MIANEH FEVER

relapsing fever n.
An acute infectious disease caused by a strain of Borrelia transmitted by lice or ticks and marked by recurring febrile attacks lasting about six days and separated from one other by apyretic intervals of about the same length. Also called recurrent fever.