Colorado tick fever (CTF) (also called Mountain tick fever, American tick fever, and `American mountain tick fever`) is a viral infection (Coltivirus) transmitted from the bite of an infected Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni). It should not be confused with the bacterial tick-borne infection, Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The type.....
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acute, febrile viral infection usually transmitted to humans by the bite of the tick Dermacentor andersoni. The virus is classified as an orbivirus ...
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<infectious disease> A rare acute viral infection transmitted via a tick bite (Dermacentor andersoni). Disease is limited to the western United States, particularly Colorado. The incubation period is 3-6 days. ... Symptoms include fever (that may abate and then recur), sweats, chills, joint pains, headache, photophobia, nausea, vomiting, rash...
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(kol″ә-rah´do) an acute, benign febrile infection with a biphasic course, caused by an arenavirus transmitted by the bite of the wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni, occurring in the western United States and Canada. Characteristics include leukopenia with fever, chills, and pain in various parts of the body.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. an infection caused by Colorado tick fever virus and transmitted to humans by Dermacentor andersoni; the symptoms are mild, there is no rash, the temperature is not excessively elevated, and the disease is rarely, if ever, fatal.
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a usually mild viral disease occurring in the Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, carried by a tick, Dermacentor andersoni, and characterized by fever, sensitivity to light, headache, and leg and back pain.
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