Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Nai·ro·bi disease Pronunciation:
nI-'rO-bE- Function:
noun : a severe and frequently fatal gastroenteritis of sheep or sometimesgoats that occurs in parts of Kenya and is caused by a bunyavirus (genus
Nairovirus) transmitted by the bite of an African tick especially of the genus
Rhipicephalus (
R.appendiculatus)
