Rift Valley fever
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Rift Valley fever — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Rift Valley fever | Caption = TEM micrograph of tissue infected with Rift Valley fever virus ICD10 = ICD10|A|92|4|a|90 ICD9 = ICD9|066.3 Taxobox name = Rift Valley Fever virus virus group = v familia = Bunyaviridae… … Wikipedia
Rift Valley fever — noun an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals • Hypernyms: ↑hemorrhagic fever, ↑haemorrhagic fever, ↑viral hemorrhagic fever, ↑viral haemorrhagic fever, ↑VHF * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Rift Valley fever — An acute, fever causing viral disease that affects domestic animals (such as cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, and camels) and humans that is most commonly associated with mosquito borne epidemics during years of heavy rainfall. Rift Valley fever is … Medical dictionary
Rift Valley fever — noun Etymology: (Great) Rift Valley, Africa Date: circa 1931 an acute usually epizootic mosquito borne disease of domestic animals chiefly of eastern and southern Africa that is caused by a single stranded RNA virus (species Rift valley fever… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Rift Valley fever — /rift/, Pathol. a highly infectious viral disease of humans and animals, transmitted by mosquitoes and other insects, occurring in Africa and characterized in humans by headache, fever, eye discomfort, and muscle aches, progressing in some cases… … Universalium
Rift Valley fever virus — a virus of the genus Phlebovirus, which causes Rift Valley fever in domestic animals and humans, first seen in the Rift Valley of Kenya, but now widespread in southern and eastern Africa to Egypt; transmitted by mosquitoes of the genera Aedes,… … Medical dictionary
Rift Valley fever — a virus disease of East Africa transmitted from animals to humans by mosquitoes and causing symptoms resembling those of influenza … Medical dictionary
Rift Valley fever — a virus disease of East Africa transmitted from animals to humans by mosquitoes and causing symptoms resembling those of influenza … The new mediacal dictionary
Rift-Valley-Fieber — Verbreitung des Rifttalfiebers (blau: Endemiegebiete, grün: sporadisches Auftreten). Rifttalfieber Viren im … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fiebre de Rift Valley — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Distribución de la Fiebre de Rift Valley en África. En azul aparecen los países con incidencia endémica de la enfermedad y brotes sustanciales de RVF; en verde, los países en los que se conocen algunos casos de… … Wikipedia Español
