rat-bite fever
noun
: either of two febrile bacterial diseases of humans usually transmitted by the bite of a rat
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Humans can also contract rat-bite fever by consuming food or drink fouled with rodent waste.
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Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2018
In 2006, a medical photo quiz in Clinical Infectious Diseases described a 26-year-old resident of Boston with classic features of rat-bite fever, including fever, chills, and bumpy, red blisters.
—Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2018
But rats do carry pathogens that can result in other diseases, such as the rare but still dangerous rat-bite fever.
—René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 15 Sep. 2020
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Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2018
In 2006, a medical photo quiz in Clinical Infectious Diseases described a 26-year-old resident of Boston with classic features of rat-bite fever, including fever, chills, and bumpy, red blisters.
—Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2018
But rats do carry pathogens that can result in other diseases, such as the rare but still dangerous rat-bite fever.
—René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 15 Sep. 2020
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“Rat-bite fever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rat-bite%20fever. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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