Humans can be infected with Francisella tularensis through a tick or deer fly bite, by handling sick or dead animals, or by breathing in bacteria particles from these animals.
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They pass to humans through a bite from a deer fly in West and Central Africa, and people who have them may have no symptoms for many months after they are infected.
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As the Frederick News-Post reported, the USAMRIID facility at Fort Detrick was investigating three of these top-tier agents when it got the cease-and-desist order: the Ebola virus, Yersinia pestis (the bacterium responsible for the plague), and Francisella tularensis (the bacterium responsible for tularemia, also known as deer fly fever and rabbit fever).
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The lone star ticks also cause tularemia, known as rabbit or deer fly fever, a rare infectious disease that attacks the skin, lymph nodes and eyes; ehrlichiosis, a bacterial infection that can cause flu-like symptoms; Heartland virus disease, a virus that can also cause flu-like symptoms and often leads to hospitalization or even death; and alpha-gal syndrome, also known as red meat allergy.
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Chrysops lateralis is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops divisus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops aberrans is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops indus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops montanus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops fulvaster is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops fulvistigma is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops dimmocki is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops mitis is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops proclivis is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops beameri is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Silvius pollinosus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops sequax is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops vittatus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops aestuans is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops abatus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Silvius abdominalis is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops flavidus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops frigidus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops sackeni is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops pudicus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops pikei is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops macquarti is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops moechus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops cuclux is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops hirsuticallus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops celatus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops furcatus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops carbonarius is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops dixianus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops clavicornis is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops reicherti is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops shermani is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops brimleyi is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops discalis is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops sordidus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops atlanticus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops fuliginosus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops brunneus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops coloradensis is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops excitans is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops ater is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Chrysops geminatus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Silvius gigantulus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
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Parasites and diseases transmitted by the deer fly include tularemia, anthrax, anaplasmosis, equine infectious anemia, hog cholera, and filiariasis. DEET is not an effective repellent. Predators of the deer fly (and other Tabanidae) include nest-building wasps and hornets, dragonflies, and some birds including the killdeer. They cannot be controlled by humans because insecticides cannot be applied in the sensitive wetlands where the larvae typically develop.
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Dorothy Lake State Natural Area is located in northern Chippewa County approximately west of Holcombe. Access is via a forest trail off of Deer Fly Trail, approximately south of County Highway M.
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As of August 2015 this service was no longer offered. The Kalamazoo Trail Head to South Haven Trail Head contain major deer fly populations. Several miles south of the western terminus is another trail—the Van Buren Trail State Park. This is also an old railroad bed, ending in Hartford, Michigan.
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Deer flies are bloodsucking insects considered pests to humans and cattle. They are large flies with large brightly-coloured compound eyes, and large clear wings with dark bands. They are larger than the common housefly and smaller than the horse-fly. There are 250 species of deer fly in the genus Chrysops.
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Transmission is primarily through biting flies, such as the horse-fly and deer-fly. The virus survives up to 4 hours in the vector. Contaminated surgical equipment and recycled needles and syringes, and bitsEquine Infectious Anemia (EIA) , North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, retrieved December 19, 2008. can transmit the disease.
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Blood must be drawn at appropriate times, which reflect the feeding activities of the vector insects. Examples are W. bancrofti, whose vector is a mosquito; night is the preferred time for blood collection. Loa loa's vector is the deer fly; daytime collection is preferred. This method of diagnosis is only relevant to microfilariae that use the blood as transport from the lungs to the skin.
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Char including squaretail, togue, and isolated populations of blueback trout are the best known fish of the rivers and lakes. Black fly, mosquito, deer fly, and midge populations can be significant from late spring through early autumn. The Maine North Woods are also home to the endangered Canada lynx, bald eagle and the Furbish lousewort, a rare plant that is found only in the Saint John River Valley. Animals which have disappeared from the woods during European settlement include caribou and gray wolf.
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The larvae of the splayed deer fly feed upon algae and organic matter in damp muddy soils. The adult female flies feed on mammalia blood (including on Capreolus capreolus),Global species in order for their eggs to mature properly. When they bite, they inject saliva with an anti-coagulating agent that prevent the blood clotting. The structure of the ommatidia in the midregion of the eyes of the females of these bloodsucking flies could subserve high polarization assisting in host-finding.
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