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Panstrongylus

noun Pan·stron·gy·lus \ˌpan-ˈsträn-jə-ləs\

Medical Definition of PANSTRONGYLUS

:  a genus of triatomid bugs that is sometimes considered a subgenus of the genus Triatoma and includes some important vectors (as P. megistus or Triatoma megista) which transmit the causative trypanosome of Chagas' disease to humans

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