AuthorLuger, S.W.
Year1990
TitleLyme disease transmitted by a biting fly
TypePaper
SourceNew 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 urlwww.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199006143222415

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentTABANIDAEhorseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs, horseflyAnimalia: Diptera
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