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Oriental rat flea was created in 1903.
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What were the real causes of the black death?
Oriental Rat Flea
What type of flea carried the Black Death?
The flea associated with the Black Death is the Oriental rat flea. There is a link below to an article on this flea.
What is a rat flea?
The Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) is a parasite of rodents, primarily of the genus Rattus, and is primary vector for bubonic plague and murine typhus.
The horrible symptoms of the black death are caused by what organism?
the oriental rat flea b had caused black death
What spread this plague?
The black death was spread by the oriental rat flea, who got it from sucking the blood of black rats.
What were the fleas on a rat called?
There are two species of fleas that are associated primarily with rats and mice: the northern rat flea (Nosopsyllus fasciatus), and the Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis).It has been widely speculated that rats, carrying Oriental rat fleas infected with a bacteria called Yersinia pestis (which can infect humans with bubonic plague), were responsible for the Black Death plague epidemic.
What are some black death facts?
The black death was carried by the oriental rat flea which then was past onto the rats then humans
Who was responsible for carrying the plague?
Rats were the primary carriers of the oriental rat flea, which would then hop onto humans and infect them.
Who contributed most to turning the plague into a deadly outbreak?
The oriental rat flea spread the black plague from Asia into Europe.
What is the scientific name for cow flea?
There is no such thing as a "cow flea". However, there are several other species of fleas that actually exist.Cat Flea: Ctenocephalides felisDog Flea: Ctenocephalides canisHuman Flea: Pulex irritansNorthern Rat Flea: Nosopsyllus fasciatusOriental Rat Flea: Xenopsylla cheopis
How do you say Rat Flea in the scientific meaning?
Rattus Norvegicus is the scientific name of a rat.
How was the flea get in contact with the black death bacteria?
The flea was a parasite on a black rat which carried the disease
