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West Nile fever

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to mosquitoes and then to people. Symptoms include drowsiness, headache and nausea, pain in the abdomen, a rash, and swollen glands, and may prove fatal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 西尼羅河熱 /西尼罗河热 — a disease caused by the West Nile virus
  • Dutch: westnijlkoorts — a disease caused by the West Nile virus
  • French: fièvre du Nil occidental — a disease caused by the West Nile virus
  • German: West-Nil-Fieber — a disease caused by the West Nile virus
  • Italian: febbre del Nilo occidentale — a disease caused by the West Nile virus
  • Japanese: ウエストナイル熱 — a disease caused by the West Nile virus
  • Spanish: fiebre del Nilo Occidental — a disease caused by the West Nile virus