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jungle fever

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jungle fever
n.
1. Malaria, especially a severe form occurring in the East Indies and other tropical regions.
2. Any of various diseases native to the tropics.
jungle fever
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a serious malarial fever occurring in the East Indies
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Noun1.jungle fever - severe form of malaria occurring in tropical regions
malaria - an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever


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Rescued by a British privateer, he joined the crew, profitably looted a mother lode of Spanish riches, returned to England, and eventually set sail again, finally dying of jungle fever in Africa.
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Lee's next release, Jungle Fever (1991), centers on an adulterous relationship between Flipper Purify, a black architect, and Angela Tucci, his white secretary, and continues the filmmaker's exploration of themes that emerge in his earlier work.
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Indeed, one of the most interesting critiques in Bound by Distance is the examination of Spike Lee's use of Italian-American characters in Jungle Fever and Do the Right Thing, figures who help to illustrate the intricacies of racial and ethnic tensions/solidarities in the United States.
Bound by Distance: Rethinking Nationalism Through the Italian Diaspora by Ruberto, Laura E. / MELUS
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