Haverhill fever
epidemic arthritic erythema

The latter is known as Haverhill fever.

Associated infections: the Haverhill fever form of rat bite fever.

In 1986 at a boarding school in the United Kingdom, another outbreak of Haverhill fever was reported.

Haverhill was the site of the eponymous Haverhill fever, also known as rat-bite fever, in 1926.

After an incubation period of 2-10 days, Haverhill fever begins with high prostrating fevers, rigors (shivering), headache and polyarthralgia (joint pain).

It is a severe disease caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis, transmitted either by rat bite or ingestion of contaminated products (Haverhill fever).

The Streptobacillosis form of rat-bite fever is known by the alternative names Haverhill Fever and epidemic arthritic erythema.

Haverhill fever, which is characterized by fever, rash, chills, headache, vomiting, muscle pain, arthritis, and bacteremia, and by weight loss and diarrhea in children.

Haverhill Fever (or epidemic arthritic erythema) is a form of "rat-bite fever" caused by the bacterium Streptobacillus moniliformis, an organism common in rats and mice.

Haverhill fever, named after the 1926 outbreak of the disease in Haverhill, Massachusetts, is a form of rat bite fever that can result from ingesting food contaminated with S. moniliformis.

The Streptobacillosis form of rat-bite fever is known by the alternative names Haverhill Fever and epidemic arthritic erythema.

Alternative names for rat bite fever include streptobacillary fever, streptobacillosis, spirillary fever, sodoku, and epidemic arthritic erythema.

Haverhill Fever (or epidemic arthritic erythema) is a form of "rat-bite fever" caused by the bacterium Streptobacillus moniliformis, an organism common in rats and mice.