Oropouche fever

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tropical viral infection transmitted by biting midges and mosquitoes, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, etc.

Word forms

Oropouche fever

Etymology

It was first discovered and isolated by the Oropouche River in Trinidad and Tobago, in 1955.

Related words

Oropouche virus
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