Observation en France de<i>Simulium erythrocephalum</i>De Geer, 1776 comme agent de simuliidose humaine

Beaucournu-Saguez, F.; Gilot, B.; Chevrier, S.; Branquet, F.; Hautefort, B.; Beaucournu, Jean-Claude

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“…Cases of human dermatitis caused by Simulium have also been reported by other authors from various European countries, e.g., [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] and other parts of the world, e.g., [44][45][46][47][48].…”

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Skin Lesions and Systemic Reactions in Humans Infested by Blackflies (Diptera: Simullidae) in Recreational Areas in Southeastern Poland

Sitarz

Buczek

2021

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Due to their mass occurrence in some environments and high aggressiveness, blackflies (Simulium spp.) represent the most bothersome arthropods attacking humans. In this study, we describe the medical effects of blackfly infestations in humans in southeastern Poland. Local and systemic reactions to blackfly bites were monitored in 418 patients (61.24% of females and 38.76% of males) of medical centers. Only skin lesions at the site of the bites were found in 88.52% of the patients, whereas accompanying systemic reactions were diagnosed in 11.48%. The most common signs observed in the area of the bites were pruritus (94.74%), burning (55.02%), edema (44.02%), and erythema (40.91%). The skin lesions, which were most often grouped small papules and papular and purpuric lesions with a varied range, typically persisted for several days, or for several weeks in some patients. Statistical analyses confirmed that the persistence of the skin lesions did not depend on the sex of the patients and the number of blackfly infestations. The systemic reactions to the components of the blackfly saliva were manifested by headache, increased body temperature, arthralgia, lymphadenopathy, and menstrual disorders in the females. The patients were most often attacked simultaneously by many blackflies on exposed parts of the body, mainly the upper limb, lower limb, head, and neck areas. The investigations indicate that blackflies are an important etiological factor of dermatitis and other symptoms in humans; hence, they should be considered in clinical diagnosis.

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Skin Lesions and Systemic Reactions in Humans Infested by Blackflies (Diptera: Simullidae) in Recreational Areas in Southeastern Poland

Sitarz

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2021

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“…In Europe, there are several countries that have suffered and/or suffer blackfly outbreaks that regularly threaten public health, for example: United Kingdom [26,27], Serbia [8,24,28,29], France [30,31], Hungary [32], Italy [33], Turkey [34] and Scandinavian countries [1], among others. As far as we know, although there are no published European studies based on a temporal analysis of blackfly bite medical consultations, several authors have quantified the number of people who required health care during a blackfly outbreak.…”

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Surveillance of a Pest Through a Public Health Information System: The Case of the Blackfly (Simulium erythrocephalum) in Zaragoza (Spain) during 2009–2015

Ruíz-Arrondo

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Lucientes

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Background: Animals and people in many Spanish regions are increasingly being affected by blackfly bites in the last decade. Because of blackflies, the city of Zaragoza has become in recent years a paradigm of discomfort in Europe, with thousands of citizens affected. The OMI-AP system (Stacks, Barcelona, Spain) implemented by the Government of Aragón, a software that manages the electronic medical history of all patients, has been evaluated in order to document the increase of insect bite recorded by the primary care consultations in Zaragoza after the first outbreak of blackflies occurred in 2011. Methods: An observational, ecological and longitudinal study of insect bites recorded at the primary care consultations was carried out in primary care during the period 2009–2015. Results: The incidence of medical consultations by insect bites in Basic Health Areas (BHA) near to rivers is higher than the furthest BHA. Rural BHA are more affected by insect bites than the urban ones. The increase of medical assistance due to insect bites in Zaragoza since 2011 is correlated with the blackflies bites. Conclusions: This tool was very useful to describe the initial stage of this public health problem. It could be used for guiding public health responses in terms of surveillance and management of this pest.

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“…Callot (1951) mentionne un épisode de nuisance apparu dans le Bas Rhin en 1951. En 1992, Beaucournu-Saguez et al (1993 ont observé, dans le Vaucluse et le Gard, une nuisance similaire ayant amené à prés de 500 consultations médicales. Signalons toutefois un épisode de nuisance apparu en Catalogne espagnole et décrit par Gallego et al (1994), mais qui était due à une simulie du complexe ornatum.…”

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Nouvelle observation en France d'une nuisance due àSimulium(Boophthora)erythrocephalum(De Geer, 1776) (Diptera, Simuliidae)

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Observation en France deSimulium erythrocephalumDe Geer, 1776 comme agent de simuliidose humaine

Cited by 5 publications

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Skin Lesions and Systemic Reactions in Humans Infested by Blackflies (Diptera: Simullidae) in Recreational Areas in Southeastern Poland

Skin Lesions and Systemic Reactions in Humans Infested by Blackflies (Diptera: Simullidae) in Recreational Areas in Southeastern Poland

Surveillance of a Pest Through a Public Health Information System: The Case of the Blackfly (Simulium erythrocephalum) in Zaragoza (Spain) during 2009–2015

Nouvelle observation en France d'une nuisance due àSimulium(Boophthora)erythrocephalum(De Geer, 1776) (Diptera, Simuliidae)

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