An epidemic airborne disease caused by the oak processionary caterpillar
An epidemic airborne disease caused by the oak processionary caterpillar
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1525-1470.2006.00173.x
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Meyer, S
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作者：
Gottschling, S;Meyer, S
在几个欧洲国家发现了橡树毛虫(毛毛虫)。它通常生活在橡树林或独立的橡树上。3-6龄幼虫发育出有毒的毛发(刚毛)，充满了一种瘙痒毒素，与刚毛接触可能导致严重的皮炎、结膜炎和肺部感染(概括为鳞翅目昆虫症)。2004年6月，包括幼儿在内的40多人在一棵受侵扰的橡树20米范围内休息后出现鳞翅虫症状。只有几个人碰过毛毛虫。所有有鳞翅目昆虫临床症状的人都可以作为门诊患者治疗，但有几个人因为他们的症状严重而需要全身类固醇治疗。鳞翅病是一种由进行性毛虫的刚毛引起的空气传播疾病，由于暴发数量的增加，它是一个日益严重的公共卫生问题。
The oak processionary caterpillar (Thaumetopoea processionea Lepidoptera) is found in several European countries. It usually lives in oak forests or on single-standing oak trees. The larva of from the 3rd to 6th developmental stage (instar) develops poisonous hair (setae), filled with an urticating toxin that may lead to serious dermatitis, conjunctivitis, and pulmonary affection (summarized as lepidopterism) on contact with the setae. In June 2004 more than 40 people including young children developed symptoms of lepidopterism after resting within 20 m of an infested oak tree. Only a few people had touched the caterpillars. All those with clinical symptoms of lepidopterism could be treated as outpatients, but several needed systemic steroids because of the severity of their complaints. Lepidopterism, an airborne disease caused by the setae of the processionary caterpillar, is a growing public health problem because of the increasing numbers of outbreaks.