DeCS

Descriptor English:

Phlebotomus

Descriptor Spanish:

Phlebotomus

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Phlebotomus
Scope note:	Género de PSYCHODIDAE que actúa como vector de varios organismos patógenos, entre los que se incluyen LEISHMANIA DONOVANI, LEISHMANIA TROPICA, Bartonella bacilliformis y el virus de la fiebre pappataci (GRUPO DE VIRUS DE LA FIEBRE DE LA MOSCA DE LOS ARENALES).

Descriptor Portuguese:

Phlebotomus

Descriptor French:

Phlebotomus

Entry term(s):

Phlébotome

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.781.602

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010691

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).

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

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

10885

Unique ID:

D010691

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2017/07/11