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This is a digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a flea.

Fleas are known to carry a number of diseases that are transferable to human beings through their bites, including plague, caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis.

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CDC

Janice Haney Carr



CDC - National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases; Plague Home Page

CDC Organization

Organization � 2004 � present

Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases

National Center for Infectious Diseases

Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases

MeSH

Biological Sciences

Environment and Public Health

Public Health

Disease Transmission

Disease Vectors

Arthropod Vectors

Insect Vectors

Organisms

Animals

Invertebrates

Arthropods

Insects

Fleas

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