Diseases

Colorado Tick Fever

A febrile illness characterized by chills, aches, vomiting, leukopenia, and sometimes encephalitis. It is caused by the COLORADO TICK FEVER VIRUS, a reovirus transmitted by the tick Dermacentor andersoni.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A febrile illness characterized by chills, aches, vomiting, leukopenia, and sometimes encephalitis. It is caused by the COLORADO TICK FEVER VIRUS, a reovirus transmitted by the tick Dermacentor andersoni.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Fever, Colorado Tick
  • Tick Fever, Colorado

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

caused by a tick-transm reovirus

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History Note

91(66); was see under REOVIRUS INFECTIONS 1977-90; was see under ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS 1966-76 (Prov 1966-74)

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  1. C01w.920.930w.200w
  2. C01w.925w.081.234w
  3. C01w.925w.782.791.482w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Colorado Tick Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003121. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003121
  2. Colorado Tick Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_tick_fever
  3. Colorado Tick Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319315