Blackfly fever and dermatitis caused by Simulium kiritshenkoi: a human case report in Iran

Abstract Background Besides the considerable role of blackflies to the transmission of many disease agents, these flies considered as annoying biting pests of wildlife, livestock, poultry, and humans. There are few literature reports of blackfly fever following Simulium spp. This study describes a c...

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Main Authors: Farbod Tabatabaei, Sahar Azarmi, Mohammad Javad Abbaszadeh Afshar, Hamed Yarizadeh, Sina Mohtasebi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05070-y