"Simuliidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A family of insects in the order DIPTERA, which include black flies, buffalo gnats and simulies. Several species are intermediate hosts (vectors) for the parasitic disease ONCHOCERCIASIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D012843
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.937
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| Concept/Terms |
Simuliidae- Simuliidae
- Blackflies
- Blackfly
- Black Flies
- Black Fly
- Flies, Black
- Fly, Black
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Simuliidae" by people in Profiles.
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Successful interruption of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Escuintla-Guatemala focus, Guatemala. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009; 3(3):e404.
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Elimination of Onchocercia volvulus transmission in the Santa Rosa focus of Guatemala. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Aug; 77(2):334-41.
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Field evaluation of deet and a piperidine repellent against Aedes communis (Diptera: Culicidae) and Simulium venustum (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. J Med Entomol. 2000 Nov; 37(6):919-23.
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Epizootic vesicular stomatitis in Colorado, 1982: some observations on the possible role of wildlife populations in an enzootic maintenance cycle. J Wildl Dis. 1987 Apr; 23(2):192-8.