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Making a comeback, hit song "Fever" (7)

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I believe the answer is:

malaria

'fever' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'making a comeback hit song' is the wordplay.
'making a comeback' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'hit' becomes 'lam' (to 'lam' means to hit hard).
'song' becomes 'aria' (aria is a kind of song).
'lam' written backwards gives 'mal'.
'mal'+'aria'='MALARIA'

(Other definitions for malaria that I've seen before include "Fever caused by mosquito" , "Disease spread by mosquito bites" , "Tropical disease" , "Mosquito-transmitted disease" , "It's transmitted by a mosquito bite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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