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Boutonneuse Fever

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boutonneuse fever [′büt·ən‚üz ‚fē·vər]
(medicine)
fièvre boutonneuse
Boutonneuse Fever 

(also Marseilles fever), an acute infectious disease of the rickettsioses group, accompanied by a rash on the torso, face, and limbs. The causative agent, Rickettsia conorii, is transmitted by the bite of the dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Boutonneuse fever was first discovered in Tunis in 1910 and later in the countries of the Mediterranean basin and on the Black Sea coast of Rumania and Turkey. In the USSR it is found on the shores of the Black and Caspian seas, usually in the summer (May to September). Prevention consists in destroying dog ticks.
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Boutonneuse fever (also known as Mediterranean spotted fever) is also endemic along the Black Sea coast and in the city of Bucharest and is transmitted by the dog tick Riphicephalus sanguineus.
Protecting the Health of U.S. Military Forces in Romania: Endemic ... by Dana PhD MS USAR Perkins / Military Medicine
The disease was thereafter also known as boutonneuse fever (spotted fever) because of the manifestation of a papular rather than a macular rash.
Questions on Mediterranean spotted fever a century after its discovery by Rovery, Clarisse; Brouqui, Philippe; Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Mediterranean Boutonneuse Fever This comes from a bacterium that affects people in the south of France and other parts of the Mediterranean.
Health Zone: GLOBAL CONDITIONS: It's a sick world; GUIDE TO ... by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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