East Coast Fever
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1- a feverish disease of cattle, prevalent mostly in Africa and usually fatal东海岸热（一种牲畜热病, 主要流行于非洲, 通常致命）。
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- This disease is caused by a parasitic protozoan of the genus Theileria (phylum Sporozoa, kingdom Protista), which lives in the host's blood cells and is transmitted by the bite of the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (family Ixodidae).该病由寄生于血细胞中的泰来虫属（孢子虫门, 原生生物界）原虫引起, 通过非洲扇头蜱（硬蜱科）叮咬传播。