Simulium (black flies)

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Introduction

A genus of biting gnats or midges, black flies, humpbacked flies, or buffalo gnats. Aquatic larvae require swift-flowing streams or highly oxygenated water for their development. Species are vectors of

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 920