- valley fever
- noun Etymology: from its prevalence in the San Joaquin valley of California Date: 1938 coccidioidomycosis
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Valley-Fever — [ vælɪ fiːvə; englisch »Talfieber«] das, (s), die Kokzidioidomykose … Universal-Lexikon
valley fever — val·ley fever val ē n COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS * * * primary coccidioidomycosis … Medical dictionary
valley fever — Pathol. coccidioidomycosis. [1935 40; so called because it is common in the San Joaquin Valley in California] * * * … Universalium
valley fever — noun coccidioidomycosis … Wiktionary
valley fever — noun an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules • Syn: ↑coccidioidomycosis, ↑coccidiomycosis, ↑desert rheumatism • Hypernyms: ↑fungal infection, ↑mycosis … Useful english dictionary
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 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
