Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
tick–borne fever Function:
noun : a usually mild rickettsial disease of ruminant animals (as sheep and cattle) especially in Europe that is caused by abacterium of the genus
Ehrlichia (
E. phagocytophilia syn.
Rickettsia phagocytophilia) which is transmitted by a tick of the genus
Ixodes, and that is marked by fever,listlessness, and anorexia
