West Nile fever

Variant of West Nile virus

West Nile virus definition

West Nile virus

a virus transmitted from infected birds by the common culex mosquito and causing a form of encephalitis (West Nile encephalitis or fever) that is characterized by fever, headache, drowsiness, nausea, and a rash

Etymology: after West Nile District of Uganda, where it was discovered

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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