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[South African tick bite fever]. 1987

J Hutterer, and K Konrad, and G Tappeiner

Two male patients developed South African tick bite fever after visits to South Africa. The clinical and laboratory findings in this condition, which is rarely seen in central Europe, are presented and its differential diagnosis to other rickettsial diseases is discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D001733	Bites and Stings	Injuries inflicted by the TEETH or poisoning caused by VENOMS of animals.	Stings,Bites,Stings and Bites,Bite,Sting
D001907	Boutonneuse Fever	A febrile disease of the Mediterranean area, the Crimea, Africa, and India, caused by infection with RICKETTSIA CONORII.	Mediterranean Spotted Fever,Rickettsia conorii Infection,Boutonneuse Fevers,Fever, Boutonneuse,Fevers, Boutonneuse,Infection, Rickettsia conorii,Infections, Rickettsia conorii,Rickettsia conorii Infections,Spotted Fever, Mediterranean
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D013019	South Africa	A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.	Republic of South Africa,Union of South Africa
D013987	Ticks	Blood-sucking acarid parasites of the order Ixodida comprising two families: the softbacked ticks (ARGASIDAE) and hardbacked ticks (IXODIDAE). Ticks are larger than their relatives, the MITES. They penetrate the skin of their host by means of highly specialized, hooked mouth parts and feed on its blood. Ticks attack all groups of terrestrial vertebrates. In humans they are responsible for many TICK-BORNE DISEASES, including the transmission of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TULAREMIA; BABESIOSIS; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; and RELAPSING FEVER. (From Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, pp543-44)	Ixodida,Ixodidas,Tick
D014195	Travel	MOVEMENT across different GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS.	Land Travel,Sea Travel,Land Travels,Sea Travels,Travel, Land,Travel, Sea,Travels,Travels, Land,Travels, Sea