Population Explosions of Tiger Moth Lead to Lepidopterism Mimicking Infectious Fever Outbreaks.

Lepidopterism is a disease caused by the urticating scales and toxic fluids of adult moths, butterflies or its caterpillars. The resulting cutaneous eruptions and systemic problems progress to clinical complications sometimes leading to death. High incidence of fever epidemics were associated with m...

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Main Authors: Pallara Janardhanan Wills, Mohan Anjana, Mohan Nitin, Raghuveeran Varun, Parayil Sachidanandan, Tharaniyil Mani Jacob, Madhavan Lilly, Raghava Varman Thampan, Koyikkal Karthikeya Varma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4830441?pdf=render