Nairobi sheep disease
noun
Nai·ro·bi sheep disease
nī-ˈrō-bē-
: a severe and frequently fatal gastroenteritis of sheep or sometimes goats that occurs in parts of Kenya and is caused by a bunyavirus (species Nairobi sheep disease orthonairovirus of the genus Orthonairovirus) transmitted by the bite of an African tick especially of the genus Rhipicephalus (R. appendiculatus)
called also Nairobi disease
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