Pediculus

insect genus

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transmission of relapsing fever

  • In relapsing fever

    …to another by lice (genus Pediculus) and from animals to humans by soft-bodied ticks of the genus Ornithodoros or by the hard-bodied tick Ixodes scapularis. Epidemics of the disease have occurred during wars, earthquakes, famines, and floods.

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