Nairobi+sheep+disease

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Main Entry: Nai·ro·bi sheep disease
Pronunciation: n-r-b-
Function: noun
: a severe and frequently fatal gastroenteritis of sheep or sometimes goats that occurs in parts of Kenya and is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the family Bunyaviridae (species Nairobi sheep virus of the genus Nairovirus) transmitted by the bite of an African tick especially of the genus Rhipicephalus (R. appendiculatus) -- called also Nairobi disease