o'nyong-nyongn.
/əʊˈnjɒŋnjɒŋ/, U.S. /oʊˈnjɔŋˌnjɔŋ/, /oʊˈnjɑŋˌnjɑŋ/ Pathology.
A non-fatal viral disease occurring in East Africa, caused by an alphavirus transmitted by anopheles mosquitoes, and characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy, joint pains, and rash.The disease was first recorded in 1959, in Uganda.
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dandy1828
dengue1828
break-bone fever1862
three-day fever1897
o'nyong-nyong1960
1960 A. J. Haddow et al. in Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 54 517 The epithet ‘o'nyong-nyong’ originated among the Acholi, one of the first tribes to be affected, and, being the first recorded, has been selected as the definitive name of the disease.
1966 Guardian 8 Sept. 2/8 It has recently been established in Africa that a fever virus called onyongnyong is transmitted by the anopheline mosquito.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. v. 116/1 O'nyong nyong virus is still active in western Kenya.
2000 Jrnl. Gen. Virol. 81 471 Serologically, it [sc. Chikungunya virus] is most closely related to o'nyong-nyong (ONN) virus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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