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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hemorrhagic fever, haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, viral haemorrhagic fever, VHF
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