sandfly fever

7.5

A mild illness caused by a virus spread by sand fly bites that causes fever and muscle pain

noun
/ˈsændflaɪ ˈfiːvər/

Specialized

: fiebre del mosquito de arena

Symptoms of sandfly fever typically include fever, headache, and muscle pains.

Examples

Vaccines are not available for sandfly fever, so prevention focuses on avoiding sand fly bites.
After traveling to Brazil, he contracted sandfly fever.
Many cases of sandfly fever were reported among travelers to the affected region.
Many tourists report symptoms of sandfly fever after visiting tropical regions.
Symptoms of sandfly fever include fever, fatigue, and body aches.
After spending time in a tropical area, he experienced the symptoms of sandfly fever.
Many travelers to endemic areas often develop sandfly fever shortly after their return.

Synonyms

pappataci fever

vssandfly fever

Specialized

9.9

A mild illness from sand fly bites that makes you hot and tired

lists additional symptoms like headache and muscle pain beyond fever and malaise

Surface Forms

sandfly fever singular

sandfly fevers plural

Morphology

sandfly + fever

The meaning 'a fever caused by sandflies' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'sandfly' (a biting insect that can transmit disease) + 'fever' (high body temperature). This follows a common agent+symptom naming pattern for illnesses that is cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.

Etymology

Sandfly fever comes from a small insect called the sandfly that lives near sandy places and bites people, and those bites can cause a 'fever'. So sandfly fever means the fever caused by bites from sand flies.