Dutton disease

Dut·ton dis·ease

(dŭt'ŏn), African tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia duttonii and spread by the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata. Synonym(s): Dutton relapsing fever

Dut·ton dis·ease

(dŭt'ŏn di-zēz') African tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia duttonii and spread by a soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata.

Dutton,

Joseph Everett, English physician, 1877-1905. Dutton disease - African tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia duttonii and spread by the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata. Synonym(s): Dutton relapsing feverDutton relapsing fever - Synonym(s): Dutton disease