West Nile virus

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Proper noun

West Nile virus

  1. A taxonomic species within the family Flaviviridae – that causes West Nile fever.

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Noun

West Nile virus (usually uncountable, plural West Nile viruses)

  1. A particular flavivirus that causes West Nile fever, dangerous to humans.
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 371:
      West Nile virus surfaced in New York in 1999 and within four years had covered the whole of America.

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