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Ross River fever

Ross River fever noun: epidemic polyarthritis, a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by infection with Ross River virus.

Noun

Ross River fever (uncountable)

  1. Epidemic polyarthritis, a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by infection with Ross River virus.

Ross River fever meaning in Indonesian

Ross River fever in Indonesian

Translations
demam Ross River

Origin of Ross River fever

In 1959, the virus was identified in samples from a mosquito (Aedes vigilax) trapped in the Ross River, located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

Questions about Ross River fever

What does Ross River fever mean?
Ross River fever means epidemic polyarthritis, a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by infection with Ross River virus.
What is Ross River fever in Indonesian?
Ross River fever in Indonesian is demam Ross River. See Ross River fever meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is Ross River fever?
Ross River fever is a noun.

Words near Ross River fever in the dictionary

  1. Ross and Cromarty
  2. Ross County
  3. Ross Dependency
  4. Ross Island
  5. Ross River
  6. Ross River fever
  7. Ross River virus
  8. Ross Sea
  9. Ross seal
  10. Ross seals
  11. Ross' syndrome

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