- Murray Valley encephalitis (disease) virus
- Mur·ray Val·ley encephalitis (disease), virus (murґe valґe) [Murray Valley, Australia, where the disease occurred in epidemics in 1950 and 1951] see under encephalitis and virus.
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Murray Valley encephalitis (disease) virus
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