SINCE 1828
jungle yellow fever
nounMedical Definition of jungle yellow fever
: yellow fever endemic in or near forest or jungle areas in Africa and South America and transmitted by mosquitoes other than members of the genus Aedes and especially by those of the genus Haemagogus
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