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This photograph depicted a magnified left lateral view of an Oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, a parasite of rodents, and a primary vector for the disease, bubonic plague. You are able to see a Yersinia pestis bacterial bolus obstructing the flea’s proventriculus and stomach. This flea was photographed 8-days after ingesting the infected blood.
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