jungle yellow fever

jungle yellow fever
jungle yellow fever n yellow fever endemic in or near forest or jungle areas in Africa and So. America and transmitted by mosquitoes other than members of the genus Aedes and esp. by those of the genus Haemagogus

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see yellow f.

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