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单词 Rift Valley fever
释义

Rift Valley fever

noun

: an acute, usually epizootic, mosquito-borne disease of domestic animals chiefly of eastern and southern Africa that is caused by a bunyavirus (species Rift Valley fever phlebovirus of the genus Phlebovirus), is marked especially by fever, abortion, and death of newborns, and is sometimes transmitted to humans usually in a milder form marked by flu-like symptoms

Word History

Etymology

(Great) Rift Valley, Africa

First Known Use

circa 1931, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

Rift Valley fever

noun

Rift Val·​ley fever ˈrift-ˌval-ē- How to pronounce Rift Valley fever (audio)
: an acute usually epizootic mosquito-borne disease of domestic animals (as sheep and cattle) chiefly of eastern and southern Africa that is caused by a bunyavirus of the genus Phlebovirus (species Rift Valley fever phlebovirus), is marked especially by fever, abortion, death of newborns, diarrhea, and jaundice, and is sometimes transmitted to humans usually in a milder form marked by flu-like symptoms
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