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Franja (C). Note sur les Especes portugaises du Genre Phlebotomus. 

 [Note on the Portuguese Spscies of the Genus Phlebotomus.] — 

 Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xi, no. 8, 9th October 1918, 

 pp. 730-733, 3 figs. 



As the great epidemic that raged in Spain and Portugal in 1918 

 had all the characteristics of sand-fly or three-day fever, a further 

 study was made of the species of Phlebotomus occurring in Collares 

 and Porto. Besides P. papatasii, which was found there in 1912 and 

 1913, a great many individuals belonging to two other species have 

 been observed in 1918 ; one of these is P. sergenti, J^arrot, hitherto 

 known only from male specimens, the female of Avhich is described, 

 and a new species resembling P. legeri, Mansion, which is here described 

 under the name P. Ihsil aniens. 



Teissonniere ( — ), Beguet ( — ) & Jolly ( — ). Observation d'une 

 Epid6mie de Grippe 4 TArm^e d'Orient (mai-juin 1918). 



[Observations on an Epidemic of Influenza in the Balkan Army 

 (Mav-June \%IQ).]—Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xi, no. 8, 

 9th October 1918, pp. 738-744. 



The suddenness of the outbreak of the influenza epidemic in the 

 Balkan Army in May-June 1918, the knowledge of the endemicity of 

 three-day fever in Macedonia, and the discovery of Phlebotomus in 

 several localities, were the causes of mistakes in diagnosis at the begin- 

 ning of the epidemic. The determination of the incubation period, 

 however, the close relation between the pulse and the temperature, 

 and the undoubted absence of any insect bite in many cases, quickly 

 disposed of the diagnosis of sand-fly fever in favour of that of influenza, 

 which was soon confirmed by the serious pulmonary complications 

 that in some cases proved fatal. 



Rousseau (L ). Maladies parasitaires a Douala (Cameroun). [Parasitic 

 Diseases at Duala (Kamerun).] — Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, xi, 

 no. 8, 9th October 1918, pp. 744-759. 



Among the parasitic diseases recorded at Duala are malaria, of 

 which a separate account has been given [see this Review, Ser. B, vi, 

 p. 1 40]. Sleeping sickness, though occurring with severity in the vicinity 

 of Duala, has only been observed on three occasions within the town 

 and two locally-acc^uired cases are described. Animal trypanosomiasis 

 is common among cattle and sometimes among dogs, and cases have 

 also been observed among mules and horses. Tsetse-flies are rare in 

 the town, but are occasionally found ; the species captured include 

 Glossina palpalis, G. pallicera and G.fusca, the first-named only having 

 been observed in houses. Filariasis appears to be general among the 

 native population ; Filaria loa seems to occur most frequently, but 

 F. volvulus has also been taken from a thoracic tumour on a native. 

 Elephantiasis is also common. Parasitic insects causing skin 

 diseases are common both among Europeans and natives ; 

 the jigger flea [Dermatophilus penetrans] is of frequent occurrence ; 

 lice are represented almost entirely by Pediculus capitis ; one case of 

 skin infestation by a young larva of the fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga, 

 is recorded. 



