Malta fever

noun

, Pathology.

1. brucellosis.

Malta fever

noun

1. another name for brucellosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of Malta fever¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

It has been practically settled for typhoid, influenza, the Madura disease, and the bubonic plague; and incompletely defined for leprosy, relapsing fever, and Malta fever.

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A diminution in their number is known as leucopenia, and is found in starvation, in some infective diseases, as for example in typhoid fever, in malaria and Malta fever, and in pernicious anaemia.

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They are subject to stomach worms, indicated by loss of flesh and weakness, and to Malta fever, which can be transmitted to man, in whom it is evidenced by recurring high temperatures.

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Malta fever is becoming an important disease in portions of southern Europe.

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Malta fever and relapsing fever, monkeys have been used with success, but in others, e.g. leprosy, none of the lower animals has been found to be susceptible.

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