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MeSH Heading: Phlebotomus
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.781.602
Unique ID: D010691
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010691
Annotation: blood-sucking fly, the vector of PAPPATACI FEVER see PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER & other dis; /‌microbiol /‌parasitol /‌virol permitted; do not use /‌drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
Scope Note: A genus of PSYCHODIDAE which functions as the vector of a number of pathogenic organisms, including LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; Bartonella bacilliformis, and the Pappataci fever virus (SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS).
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Phlebotomus MeSH Descriptor Data 2024