tick fever

American  

noun

1. any fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle.

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tick fever British  

noun

1. any acute infectious febrile disease caused by the bite of an infected tick

2. another name for Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Etymology

Origin of tick fever

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The second preprint from the international team builds on a June 2021 Chinese-led study that spent 2 years documenting a tick fever disease in mammals for sale at a specific stall in the market.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 28, 2022

This is bad news for humans, as that tick carries a bunch of nasty pathogens — Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colorado tick fever virus — and causes tick paralysis.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2021

Finally, after poring over my lab results from an infectious-disease doctor, I noticed something she had ignored: a past infection for tick-borne relapsing fever and Colorado tick fever.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2015

His herd died of tick fever, putting him $6,000 in debt to the Athens bank.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were in various stages of the disease, but it seemed impossible to tell whether their illness was due to the sleeping sickness germ or was due to tick fever, a common malady among monkeys.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.