Rift Valley fever

noun

A mosquito-borne, acute, febrile, viral disease of humans and animals, caused by an RNA virus of the genus Phlebovirus, which occurs in northern and eastern Africa.

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Meanings

nounRift Valley fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA mosquito-borne, acute, febrile, viral disease of humans and animals, caused by an RNA virus of the genus Phlebovirus, which occurs in northern and eastern Africa.

    Synonyms: RVF

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA mosquito-borne, acute, febrile, viral disease of humans and animals, caused by an RNA virus of the genus Phlebovirus, which occurs in northern and eastern Africa.

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RVF
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