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deer fly
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deer fly or deer·fly (dîrfl)
n.
Any of various stout-bodied, blood-sucking flies of the genus Chrysops, closely related to the horseflies but smaller and having spotted or banded wings.


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Tularemia, also known as rabbit fever or deer-fly fever, is caused by the gram-negative intracellular pathogen Francisella tularensis (1).
 
 
 
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