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West Nile fever

Variant of West Nile virus

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

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

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