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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This image is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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