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RIFT VALLEY FEVER

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• RIFT VALLEY FEVER (noun)
The noun RIFT VALLEY FEVER has 1 sense:

1. an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals

Familiarity information: RIFT VALLEY FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

• RIFT VALLEY FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Rift Valley fever" is a kind of...):

haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever (a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage)

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