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brucellosis
an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache -
feverish
having fever. -
coccidioidomycosis
a disease of the skin or viscera, esp the lungs, caused by infection with the fungus Coccidioides immitis -
tick fever
any fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle. -
ague
a fever with successive stages of fever and chills esp when caused by malaria -
cerebrospinal meningitis
an acute infectious form of meningitis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, characterized by high fever, skin rash, delirium, stupor, and sometimes coma