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Definition of Spirillum fever
1. Noun. The form of ratbite fever occurring in the Far East.
Medical Definition of Spirillum fever
1. An acute infection characterised by recurrent episodes of pyrexia alternating with asymptomatic intervals of apparent recovery. This condition has worldwide distribution and is caused by spirochetes of the genus borrelia. (12 Dec 1998)
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Literary usage of Spirillum fever
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1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1885)
"One other theory of relapse may be drawn from the analogy of true relapsing, or
spirillum, fever. In the third volume of the Irish Hospital Gazette (April 1 ..."
2. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1880)
"THE object of inquiry was the elucidation of the pathology of spirillum
fever (relapsing fever) by means of comparative experiments, which might afford ..."
3. From Ruwenzori to the Congo: A Naturalist's Journey Across Africa by Alexander Frederick Richmond Wollaston (1908)
"APPENDIX C AFRICAN TICK FEVER (ALSO CALLED 'AFRICAN RELAPSING FEVER,' OR 'SPIRILLUM
FEVER') TICK FEVER is an acute specific fever due to the presence of ..."
4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"When spirillum fever is at its height we have an enormous proliferation of white
corpuscles in the blood. We have also a number of free spirilla in the ..."
5. Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London by Epidemiological society of London (1882)
"A common typical case of spirillum fever, seen late as usual, with no indication
of relapse, except some periodic splenic fulness ; the absence of a febrile ..."
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