Medical Definition of Spirochetosis
1. Any disease caused by a spirochete. Avian spirochetosis, a highly fatal bacterial disease of chickens, turkeys, pheasants, and other birds caused by Borrelia anserina and transmitted chiefly by the fowl tick, Argas persicus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirochetosis
Literary usage of Spirochetosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1916)
"Mode of Transmission of spirochetosis.—In a number of 'instances spirochetosis
is known to be communicated by bloodsucking arthropoda. ..."
2. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"Mode of Transmission of spirochetosis.—In a number of instances spirochetosis is
known to be communicated by bloodsucking arthropoda. ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"... hemorrhagic spirochetosis. The writer, having taken up the study of the question
anew and believing that this refractoriness was solely apparent and due ..."
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