Webster's New World Medical Dictionary

fever, five-day
See 
trench fever.
fever, intermittent
A type of fever that rises and
falls, often becoming worse at night and being
accompanied by drenching sweats.
fever, Lassa
An acute viral infection found in the
tropics, especially in West Africa. Lassa fever is
caused by a single-stranded RNA virus that is animal
borne (zoonotic). Lassa fever can cause a poten-
tially fatal illness, is highly contagious, and can rap-
idly spread. The reservoir, or host, of the Lassa virus
is a rodent known as the “multimammate rat.”
People can become infected by eating this infected
rat or by eating food contaminated by the rat’s
excretions. Person-to-person transmission also
occurs via direct contact, contamination of skin
breaks with infected blood, and aerosol spreads
(virus particles moving through the air). The first
symptoms typically occur 1 to 3 weeks after the
patient comes into contact with the virus and may
include high fever, sore throat, cough, eye inflam-
mation (conjunctivitis), facial swelling, pain behind
the breastbone, back pain, abdominal pain, vomit-
ing, diarrhea, and general weakness that lasts for
several days. The antiviral drug ribavirin is used for
treatment along with supportive care.
fever, Mediterranean
See 
familial
Mediterranean fever.
fever, Q
See 
Q fever.
fever, remittent
A type of fever that gradually
decreases in intensity over time.
fever, Rocky Mountain spotted
See 
Rocky
Mountain spotted fever.
fever, scarlet
See 
scarlet fever.
fever, spotted
See 
Rocky Mountain spotted
fever.
fever, tick
See 
Rocky Mountain spotted fever.