Term Name: fever generation
Synonyms: pyrexia
Definition: The heat generation process that results in a rise in body temperature above the normal, often as a response to infection.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0001660]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: acute-phase response heat generation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of fever generation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of fever generation positive regulation of fever generation by positive regulation of prostaglandin biosynthesis positive regulation of fever generation by prostaglandin biosynthetic process positive regulation of fever generation by prostaglandin secretion
regulated by: regulation of fever generation regulation of fever generation by prostaglandin biosynthetic process regulation of fever generation by prostaglandin secretion