Glossina

Glossina definition - medical

Glos·si·na (glô-sīˈnə)

noun
A genus of bloodsucking dipterous flies comprising the tsetse flies of tropical and subtropical Africa; they serve as vectors of the pathogenic trypanosomes that cause various forms of African trypanosomiasis.

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