rift valley fever

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   an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals

   Broaderhemorrhagic fever

Questions about rift valley fever

What does rift valley fever mean?

rift valley fever means "an infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals".

Is rift valley fever a common word?

rift valley fever is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.