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2. Flea - Wikipedia

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   Flea bites in humans. Fleas feed on a wide variety of warm-blooded vertebrates including dogs, cats, rabbits, squirrels, ferrets, rats, mice, birds, and sometimes humans. Fleas normally specialise in one host species or group of species, but can often feed but not reproduce on other species.

3. Human flea - Wikipedia

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   The human flea (Pulex irritans) – once also called the house flea [1] – is a cosmopolitan flea species that has, in spite of the common name, a wide host spectrum. It is one of six species in the genus Pulex ; the other five are all confined to the Nearctic and Neotropical realms . [ 2 ]

4. Dog flea - Wikipedia

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   Problems caused by fleas may range from mild to severe itching and discomfort to skin problems and infections. Anemia may also result from flea bites in extreme circumstances. Furthermore, fleas can transmit tapeworms and diseases to pets. When fleas bite humans, they may develop an itching rash with small bumps that may bleed.

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

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   Fleas can spread other diseases too. ... This includes flea-borne tapeworms, which can infect pets and rarely humans, and occurs if the flea is ingested. It may cause stomach ache, loss of ...

6. Flea treatments - Wikipedia

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   Fleas can be drowned by immersion for about 24 hours; they may appear to be dead if immersed for shorter times, but can revive after some hours. [11] Soaps and surfactants can facilitate the death of fleas in bathing. The process of washing the flea (and the pet) removes integumental waxes on the flea's body and it dies from dehydration. [12 ...

7. That bites! Oklahoma summer weather prime conditions for ...

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   Can people get fleas or ticks? OSU's extension office reports that the American Dog Tick , the most common pest, among other ticks and fleas can feed on humans. Both parasites can cause disease in ...