spotted fever

Term ID

DOID:11104

Synonyms

• Spotted fever group rickettsial disease

Definition

A primary bacterial infectious disease that results in infection, located in endothelial cell of artery or located in endothelial cell of vein, has_material_basis_in Rickettsia, which is transmitted by ticks and mites. The infection has symptom fever, has symptom headache, has symptom fatigue, has symptom muscle aches, and has symptom maculopapular or petechial rash. A distinctive eschar (blackened or crusted skin) may develop at the site of a tick bite. http://www.cdc.gov/otherspottedfever/index.html

References

• GARD:4998
• ICD10CM:A77.9
• ICD9CM:082.0
• MESH:D000073605
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:186771002
• UMLS_CUI:C0038041

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:11104 )