A Case of Severe Human Allergic Reaction to Bites of Symphoromyia (Diptera: Rhagionidae)1
- 8 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 15 (2) , 138-139
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/15.2.138
Abstract
Published reports of Symphoromyia biting man are reviewed from a geographical perspective. Most accounts describe the biting event but fail to document subsequent reactions to the bites. One case involving a hypersensitive allergic response to bites of Symphoromyia in western Washington is discussed. After the attack, the patient received horse fly antigen and apparently developed some degree of cross-immunity desensitization to snipe fly bites, as indicated by little or no reaction to their bites following treatment.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Studies of Mosquito and Other Biting-Insect Problems in AlaskaJournal of Economic Entomology, 1949
- An Outbreak of the Snipe Fly Symphoromyia hirta1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1943