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You will note from this illustration, that the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, is transmitted through the bite of a flea, both epizootically in the animal populations, and in the case of human pneumonic plague, in the human population.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Stark
Creation Date: 1966
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