Nairobi sheep disease

noun

Nai·​ro·​bi sheep disease

nī-ˈrō-bē-

: 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 (Orthonairovirus nairobiense of the family Nairoviridae) transmitted by the bite of an African tick especially of the genus Rhipicephalus (R. appendiculatus)

called also Nairobi disease