Phlebotomus-fever


[fluh-bot-uh-muh s] /fləˈbɒt ə məs/

noun, Pathology.
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phlebotomus fever n.
An infectious but not contagious denguelike disease occurring in the Balkan Peninsula and other parts of southern Europe, caused by an arbovirus introduced by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi. Also called sandfly fever.

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