Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Colorado squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague, health officials say
A squirrel in a Colorado has tested positive for bubonic plague, public health officials say.
Jul 14, 2020
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News tagged with fleas
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preventive measures can reduce foot parasite in children, study says
Tungiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by penetrated sand fleas which burrow into the skin of the feet. Public health policies such as sealing house and classroom floors and daily feet washing with soap could cut ...
May 16, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What happens when sand fleas burrow in your skin?
Tungiasis, a tropical disease associated with poverty, is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas into a person's skin, usually in their toes or feet. This week in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers report ...
Feb 07, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
LA typhus outbreak adds fuel to debates over homelessness, housing
A man hospitalized for dehydration a few months ago at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center started suffering a severe fever, and doctors weren't sure why.
Oct 12, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flea-borne typhus outbreak in Los Angeles County
(HealthDay)—An outbreak of flea-borne typhus in Los Angeles County has so far resulted in 57 cases, including 20 in Pasadena and nine in downtown Los Angeles, public health officials say.
Oct 10, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High insecticide resistance found in the flea vector for plague in Madagascar
Madagascar is one of the countries with the highest incidence of bubonic plague in the world. As insecticides are highly important in controlling the spread of plague, researchers from the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar carried ...
Feb 04, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disease-carrying fleas abound on New York City's rats
In the first study of its kind since the 1920s, rats in New York City were found to carry a flea species capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
Mar 02, 2015
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Medical research
Itching can have a visual trigger, new research reveals
(Medical Xpress)—Itching is so contagious that simply seeing an image of an itch stimulus – such as ants or an insect bite – can trigger a physical response, new research suggests.
Nov 25, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The plague: it's still with us
(HealthDay)—When Sierra Jane Downing's fever shot up to 107 degrees and she suffered a seizure, her parents knew their 7-year-old daughter had more than the flu.
Sep 07, 2012
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Medications
Little evidence that insect bite remedies work
There is little evidence that over the counter remedies for simple insect bites actually work, and in most cases, no treatment at all will suffice, concludes an evidence review in the April Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin ...
Apr 11, 2012
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Flea
Ceratophyllomorpha Hystrichopsyllomorpha Pulicomorpha Pygiopsyllomorpha
Aphaniptera
Flea is the common name for insects of the order Siphonaptera which are wingless insects with mouthparts adapted for piercing skin and sucking blood. Fleas are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of mammals (including bats and humans) and birds.
Some flea species include:
Over 2,000 species have been described worldwide.
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