2025

ID#:	2025
Description:	Xenopsylla cheopis, Oriental rat flea, with a proventricular plague mass. 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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Content Providers(s):	CDC
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Links:	CDC - National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases; Plague Home Page
Categories:	CDC Organization MeSH Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Equipment and Supplies Diagnostic Equipment Diseases Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Bacterial Infections Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Enterobacteriaceae Infections Yersinia Infections Plague Organisms Animals Invertebrates Arthropods Insects Diptera Fleas
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