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rat-bite fever |
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rat-bite fever [′rat ‚bīt ‚fē·vər] (medicine) Either of two diseases transmitted by the bite of a rat: spirillary rat-bite fever and streptobacillary fever. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Kelly says rats carry many diseases, including Marine typhus fever, leptospirosis, infectious jaundice, rat bite fever, trichinosisand, as mammals, are susceptible to rabies, although rats and other small rodents rarely pass it on and none has been documented in the area. Rat bite fever is a zoonosis caused by either Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minus (1,3). |
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