pappataci fever

noun

A vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus.

Similar
phlebotomus feversandfly feverthree-day feverphlebotomus
OriginItalian pappataci →
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Meanings

nounpappataci fever (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus.

    Synonyms: phlebotomus fever, sandfly fever, three-day fever

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA vector-borne febrile arboviral infection caused by three serotypes of Phlebovirus.

Similar
phlebotomus feversandfly feverthree-day fever

More synonyms by meaning

nouna mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii

Similar
sandfly feverphlebotomus
Broader
disease
Also see
phlebotomusphlebotomus feversandfly fever

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianpappataci“sandfly”
  2. Englishpappataci fever

Italian pappataci (“sandfly”).

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