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are proven to work; however effectiveness seems to differ among individuals with some people reporting better results with one product over another while other people finding neither product effective for them. This may be partially due to various species living in different areas.
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In the various sorts of sandfly only the female is responsible for biting and sucking the blood of mammals, reptiles and birds; the protein in the blood is necessary for the production of eggs, making the sandfly an
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Fontenille, D.; Traore-Lamizana, M.; Trouillet, J.; Leclerc, A.; Mondo, M.; Ba, Y.; Digoutte, J. P.; Zeller H. G. (May 1994). "First Isolations of Arboviruses from Phlebotomine Sand Flies in West Africa".
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Trigg, JK (1996). "Evaluation of a eucalyptus-based repellent against Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) in Scotland".
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for their sandfly populations and travel pages frequently warn tourists to bring bug spray containing high concentrations of
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September 15, 2007 Breaking News – Sandfly may carry parasites that will cause infectious skin disease called leishmaniasis.
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Most information on repellents focuses on mosquitoes, but mosquito repellents are effective for sandflies and
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Carroll, SP; Loye, J (2006). "Field test of a lemon eucalyptus repellent against Leptoconops biting midges".
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became angry at these unproductive people, so she created the sandfly to bite them and get them moving".
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These sand flies were able, according to another Māori legend, to revive the dead hero
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legend wherein "the god Tu-te-raki-whanoa had just finished creating the landscape of
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in 2010.Followed by a recent endemic outbreak recorded in Gujarat state in 2024
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease transmitted by sandflies, in North Africa;
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Some sandfly genera of the subfamily Phlebotominae are the primary vectors of
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Sandflies and mosquitoes – Sandflies: New Zealand's blackflies
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Biting midges and no-see-ums --University of Florida
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Sandflies
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Tunga penetrans
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blood-sucking
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Phlebotominae
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