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Phlebotomus

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Phlebotomus /Phle·bot·o·mus/ (fle-bot´ah-mus) a genus of biting sandflies, the females of which suck blood. They are vectors of various diseases, including visceral leishmaniasis(P. argen´tipes, P. chinen´sis, P. ma´jor, P. marti´ni, P. orienta´lis, P. pernicio´sus), Carrión's disease(P. nogu´chi, P. verruca´rum), cutaneous leishmaniasis(P. lon´gipes, P. sergen´ti), and phlebotomus fever(P. papata´sii) .
Phle·bot·o·mus (fl-bt-ms)
n.
A genus of very small midges or bloodsucking sand flies that includes various species that are vectors of kala azar, cutaneous leishmaniasis, and phlebotomus fever.

Phlebotomus
a genus of biting flies, called sandflies, the females of which are blood-sucking. They are vectors of various human diseases, including kala-azar (P. argentipes, P. chinensis, P. martini, P. perniciosus), Carrion's disease (P. noguchi, P. verrucarum, P. columbianum), cutaneous leishmaniasis (P. sergenti, P. papatasi, P. major, P. caucasicus) and phlebotomus or sandfly fever (P. papatasi, P. chinensis, P. mongolensis).

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