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sandfly fever
sandfly fevern. A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of a sandfly (Phlebotomus papatasii), characterized by fever, malaise, eye pain, and headache. Also called pappataci fever, phlebotomus fever.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sandfly fever - a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasiipappataci fever, phlebotomusdisease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning |
sandfly fever
sandfly fever[′san‚flī ‚fē·vər] (medicine) phlebotomus fever sandfly fever
sandfly [sand´fli] any of various two-winged flies, especially those of the genus Phlebotomus, which are important vectors in the transmission of leishmaniasis" >leishmaniasis and phlebotomus fever" >phlebotomus fever.sandfly fever phlebotomus fever.phle·bot·o·mus fe·veran infectious but not contagious disease occurring in the Balkan Peninsula and other parts of southern Europe, caused by several viruses in the family Bunyaviridae apparently introduced by the bite of the sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii; symptoms resemble those of dengue but are less severe and of shorter duration. Synonym(s): dog disease, pappataci fever, Pym fever, sandfly fever, three-day feversandfly fevern. A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of a sandfly (Phlebotomus papatasii), characterized by fever, malaise, eye pain, and headache. Also called pappataci fever, phlebotomus fever.An acute, self-limited viral infection caused by 5 serotypes of Arbovirus, in the Mediterranean rim, eastern Africa and Central Asia during dry, hot weathersandfly fever An influenza-like illness of short duration caused by a bunyavirus transmitted by the bite of the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasii . The disease occurs in the Mediterranean region and Middle East and features fever for 3 days, headache, CONJUNCTIVITIS and a drop in the white cell count in the blood (leukopenia).sandfly fever
Related to sandfly fever: phlebotomus fever, pappataci fever, sandfly fever virusSynonyms for sandfly fevernoun a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasiiSynonyms- pappataci fever
- phlebotomus
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