English to Maltese Meaning of sandfly - sandfly

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Definitions of sandfly in English

Noun(1) any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis

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(1) In World War II, there was a high incidence of leishmaniasis and sandfly fever in troops deployed to the Persian Gulf region.(2) Leishmania donovani, the etiologic agent of visceral leishmaniasis is transmitted by the bite of a sandfly .(3) The only change I would love to see would be the end of the sandfly .(4) The highway takes you through native bush known at Fergusons Bush and then at Pukekura 25 km south of Ross, your attention will be caught by the model of the giant sandfly on the front wall of the Bushman's Centre.(5) The organism is transmitted to humans by the bite of the sandfly .(6) Various forms of leishmaniasis are spread by the sandfly and are endemic in 88 countries on five continents.(7) Human infections with Leishmania protozoan parasites, transmitted via the bite of a sandfly , cause visceral, cutaneous, or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.(8) Recently a protein isolated from the salivary gland of a biting sandfly was shown to have a very powerful vasodilation effect (this facilitates blood feeding by the insect when it is injected into the host).(9) They were also not bothered by the troublesome fly but by the sandfly instead.(10) But the sandflies , which carry diseases including leishmaniasis - an infection which can cause blood poisoning - cannot be vaccinated against.(11) Bundaberg is blessed with its very own biting midges, also known as sandflies , that are indigenous to the Burnett River and breed in the river mud.(12) Kala-azar, transmitted by sandflies was endemic in Assam until 1950, with three major epidemics between 1875 and 1950.(13) The disease is transmitted to humans by the bite of female sandflies (Phlebotomus or Lutzomyia).(14) Rosemary says go for the vitamin B and that B1 is also good to repel sandflies - take 2 100 mg tablets a day for a month before you head into sandfly affected areas.(15) Despite the ferocious sandflies and equally voracious mosquitoes, entrepreneurs see Okarito as a town of opportunity.(16) Leishmania are protozoal parasites that are transmitted to humans by Phlebotomus sandflies .

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