Xenopsylla cheopis plague infected flea
Xenopsylla cheopis Plague infected Xenopsylla cheopis male 28 days after feeding on inoculated mouse During feeding the flea draws viable Y pestis organisms into its esophagus which multiply and block the proventriculus just in front of the stomach later forcing the flea to regurgitate infected blood unto the host when it tries to swallow
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Keywords: cheopis, disease, ectoparasite, epidemiology, flea, health, illness, medicine, pathogen, pestis, plague, vector, xenopsylla, yersinia
