WordNet
n. an infectious disease cause by leptospira and transmitted to humans from domestic animals; characterized by jaundice and fever [syn: leptospirosis]
Wikipedia
Swamp fever may refer to:
Usage examples of "swamp fever".
Wren was still weak from her bout with the swamp fever, and it took all of her strength and concentration to continue putting one foot in front of the other and to reach out with her hand for one more pull up.
She had died of the swamp fever while Tanus was still a child, so my memory of her was imperfect.
The city has suffered the loss of one citizen in five in the past season, to the swamp fever, and he is surely liable for that.
What the Commodore has not said is that all members of the Institute are either naturally immune or immunized against swamp fever and a number of other fast-acting diseases.