Simuliidae
"Simuliidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A family of insects in the order DIPTERA, which include black flies, buffalo gnats and simulies. Several species are intermediate hosts (vectors) for the parasitic disease ONCHOCERCIASIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D012843
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.937
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| Concept/Terms |
Simuliidae- Simuliidae
- Blackflies
- Blackfly
- Black Flies
- Black Fly
- Flies, Black
- Fly, Black
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Simuliidae" by people in Profiles.
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Poole CB, Li Z, Alhassan A, Guelig D, Diesburg S, Tanner NA, Zhang Y, Evans TC, LaBarre P, Wanji S, Burton RA, Carlow CK. Colorimetric tests for diagnosis of filarial infection and vector surveillance using non-instrumented nucleic acid loop-mediated isothermal amplification (NINA-LAMP). PLoS One. 2017; 12(2):e0169011.