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Dodgy salesmen ignoring latest viral complaint (7)

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measles

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'viral complaint' is the definition.
'measles' can be an answer for 'complaint' (measles is a kind of disease). I'm not certain of the 'viral' bit.

'dodgy salesmen ignoring latest' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' indicates anagramming the letters (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
'ignoring latest' means to remove the last letter.
'salesmen' with its last letter taken off is 'salesme'.
'salesme' is an anagram of 'MEASLES'.

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(Other definitions for measles that I've seen before include "Childhood viral disease" , "Rubeola" , "Infection marked by red spots" , "Rash-causing disease" , "Highly contagious viral disease" .)

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