ProbableNamed from the place
Ockelbo disease
noun · first attested 20th century
One mosquito-borne virus carries three names, one per country it turns up in.
A Swedish illness caused by Sindbis virus, marked by rash, fever, and lingering joint pain.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- ProbableThe conventional story is likely, with caveats.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Ockelbo
- In English
Ockelbo disease
Cases clustered around Ockelbo in Gävleborg county gave the Swedish form of the illness its name, while the same Sindbis infection is called Pogosta disease in Finland and Karelian fever in Russia. Three national labels for one virus show how local the naming of outbreaks can be.
Sweden
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