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Difference between Panama disease and Panama fever

Panama diseasea fungoid disease of banana trees characterized by the yellowing and drying of the leaves:

  • Bananas resistant to Panama disease are being grown commercially.

Panama fever—(also: yellow fever) an infectious disease caused by a virus and characterized by fever, jaundice, kidney failure, and bleeding:

  • After hearing all about how she felt, his diagnosis was a mild case of fever—Panama fever.