Definitions for rift valley fever
Princeton's WordNet
Rift Valley fever(noun)
an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals
Wiktionary
Rift Valley fever(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.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Rift Valley Fever
An acute infection caused by the RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS, an RNA arthropod-borne virus, affecting domestic animals and humans. In animals, symptoms include HEPATITIS; abortion (ABORTION, VETERINARY); and DEATH. In humans, symptoms range from those of a flu-like disease to hemorrhagic fever, ENCEPHALITIS, or BLINDNESS.
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