Author | Luger, S.W. |
Year | 1990 |
Title | Lyme disease transmitted by a biting fly |
Type | Paper |
Source | New England J Med 322 (24): 1752. |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | A 42-year old male jogger (in Old Lyme) developed Lyme disease following bites from an unidentified Tabanid horsefly, with the characteristic donut inflammation spreading from the horse-fly bite. |
Website url | www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199006143222415 |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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Current | TABANIDAE | horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs, horsefly | Animalia: Diptera |
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