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2. Flea allergy dermatitis - Wikipedia

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   The flea found most commonly on both dogs and cats with a flea infestation is the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. [2] Pets that develop flea allergy dermatitis have an allergic response to flea saliva injected during flea feeding. The itch associated with just one flea bite persists long after that flea is gone and leads to significant self ...

3. Fleabites: What They Look Like and How to Prevent and Treat Them

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   There are thousands of types of fleas (there are more than 2,000 species in the world and over 300 in the U.S.) that suck on the blood of animals and people. Fleabites: What They Look Like and How ...

4. The plague, fevers, tularemia: The diseases fleas can carry ...

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   The most infamous flea-to-human transmitted disease is the bubonic plague, which was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The plague, fevers, tularemia: The diseases fleas can carry and how to ...

5. How to Tell the Difference Between Fleabites and Mosquito Bites

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   Being able to tell the difference between, say, a fleabite, a bed bug bite, and a mosquito bite can mean the difference between an infestation (fleas, bed bugs) and figuring out whether the ...

6. Flea treatments - Wikipedia

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   Bathing dramatically reduces the flea population on a badly infested animal, especially when in combination with a mild detergent or shampoo and brushing or combing. Borax can be used to treat flea infestations. It kills fleas by dehydrating them, but its safety for pets is untested. [citation needed] Temperature. Fleas cannot withstand high ...

7. Septicemic plague - Wikipedia

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   The exposure to a flea bite from an infected flea may cause bubonic plague in humans that could develop into the septicemic plague. Cats and dogs were also susceptible to bites from infected fleas. These cats and dogs could then expose humans to the plague when the animal brings those infected fleas around people. [4]