- pappataci fever virus
- see Phlebovirus.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
pappataci fever virus
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pappataci fever — ▪ pathology also called phlebotomus fever, three day fever , or sandfly fever acute, infectious, febrile disease caused by a phlebovirus (family Bunyaviridae) and producing temporary incapacitation. It is transmitted to humans by the… … Universalium
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sand fly — n. 1. BITING MIDGE 2. any of various other biting dipterous flies (family Psychodidae) that may transmit various diseases * * * Any of several species in the dipteran family Phlebotomidae (sometimes considered part of the family Psychodidae) with … Universalium
