File:Xenopsylla chepsis (oriental rat flea).jpg

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English: Male Xenopsylla cheopis (oriental rat flea) engorged with blood. This flea is the primary vector of plague in most large plague epidemics in Asia, Africa, and South America. Both male and female fleas can transmit the infection.
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Source https://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/cheob6x4.htm
Author Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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24 November 2011

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