KENYA FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kenya fever mean? 

• KENYA FEVER (noun)
  The noun KENYA FEVER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: KENYA FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KENYA FEVER (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

boutonneuse fever; Indian tick fever; Kenya fever; Marseilles fever

Hypernyms ("Kenya fever" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)