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Public health officials issue warning as flea-borne disease spreads to US city: 'It's really something that we need to be on the watch for'
In mid-August, a human case of flea-borne typhus — previously called murine typhus — was confirmed in Fountain Valley, California. It's the fifth human case of the rare disease this year ...
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Flea biology
Fleas are one of the best-known groups of parasitic insect due to their notoriety as pests and their medical and veterinary importance as vectors of disease, such as the plague, myxomatosis and murine ...