Mediterranean disease—(also: Mediterranean anemia) thalassemia (a hereditary hemolytic anemia):
- This interesting disease presents three important abnormalities together characterizing a syndrome which may be designated “Mediterranean disease.”
Mediterranean fever—(also: Malta fever) an enteric fever caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella:
- One should avoid direct contact with strange dogs as fleas, who live by sucking the animals’ blood, can transmit Mediterranean Fever to humans.