Rift Valley fever
English
Noun
Rift Valley
fever
(
uncountable
)
(
medicine
)
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
.
Synonyms
RVF
Derived terms
Rift Valley fever virus
Rift Valley fever phlebovirus
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