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Pediculus (pә-dik´u-lәs) a genus of lice. Pediculus humanus
a species that feeds on human blood and is an important vector of relapsing fever, typhus, and trench fever; two subspecies
are recognized: P. humanus capitis (head louse) found on the scalp hair, and P. humanus humanus (body, or clothes, louse) found elsewhere on the body.
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