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2. 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 ]

3. Pulicosis - Wikipedia

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   Pulicosis is a skin condition caused by several species of fleas, including the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) and dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis). This condition can range from mild irritation to severe irritation. In some cases, 48 to 72 hours after being bitten, a more severe rash-like irritation may begin to spread across the body.

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

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   Bug bites are bug bites, right? 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. Bubonic plague - Wikipedia

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   The bubonic plague is an infection of the lymphatic system, usually resulting from the bite of an infected flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (the Oriental rat flea). [14] Several flea species carried the bubonic plague, such as Pulex irritans (the human flea), Xenopsylla cheopis, and Ceratophyllus fasciatus. [14]

7. 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 ...

8. 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]

9. 11 common bug bites — and photos to help you identify them

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   Signs of an infection, such as pus or a fever. Bites from specific types of critters also require medical attention, Kassouf adds, ... When ants bite humans, it grabs the skin and also sprays a ...