Xenopsylla cheopis (oriental rat flea)

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Introduction

Transmits the etiologic agent of Yersinia Pestis, etiologic agent of the plague, the agent of murine typhus & rat tapeworms.

Clinical manifestations

see siphonaptera (flea)

Management

see siphonaptera (flea)

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1303
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 936