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ID DOID:0050035
Name African tick-bite fever
Definition A spotted fever that has_material_basis_in Rickettsia africae, which is transmitted_by ticks (Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum). The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom eschar and has_symptom maculopapular rash.
http://www.cdc.gov/otherspottedfever/index.html, http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/reprint/42/2/816
Alternateids

DOID:0050034

DOID:0050036

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

gram-negative_bacterial_infectious_disease

tick-borne_infectious_disease

zoonotic_infectious_disease

Synonyms

Rickettsia africae spotted fever [EXACT]

south african tick-bite fever [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a spotted fever

Subclass Logical Relationships

transmitted by some Amblyomma hebraeum

has material basis in some Rickettsia africae

transmitted by some Amblyomma variegatum

has symptom some eschar

transmitted by some tick borne transmission

has symptom some maculopapular rash

has symptom some fever

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