Colorado tick fever

noun Pathology.

a usually mild viral disease occurring in the Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, carried by a tick, Dermacentor andersoni, and characterized by fever, sensitivity to light, headache, and leg and back pain.

Origin of Colorado tick fever

First recorded in 1955–60

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colorado tick fever in Medicine

Colorado tick fever

[kŏl′ə-răd′ō, -rä′dō]

n.

A viral infection transmitted to humans by the tick Dermacentor andersoni and characterized by mild symptoms and intermittent fever.

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