tropical rat flea
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Oriental rat flea — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Rat — Taxobox name = Rats fossil range = Early Pleistocene – Recent image width = 200px image caption = The common Brown Rat ( Rattus norvegicus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia superfamilia = Muroidea familia =… … Wikipedia
flea — /flee/, n. 1. any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap. 2. either of two common fleas of the genus Ctenocephalides, the very small, black… … Universalium
tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics. * * * Science of diseases seen primarily in tropical or subtropical climates. It arose in the 19th century when European colonial doctors… … Universalium
Black rat — Rattus rattus redirects here. For the album by Merzbow, see Rattus Rattus (album). Black rat Rattus rattus Conservation status … Wikipedia
Black Rat — Taxobox name = Black Rat status = LR/lc status system = iucn2.3 image caption = Rattus rattus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Muridae genus = Rattus species = R. rattus binomial = Rattus rattus… … Wikipedia
Sand rat — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sand flea — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Operation Big Itch — was a U.S. entomological warfare field test using uninfected fleas to determine their coverage and survivability as a vector for biological agents.[1] The tests were conducted at Dugway Proving Ground in 1954. Contents 1 Operation 2 Results … Wikipedia
Xenopsylla — The rat flea; a genus of fleas parasitic on the rat and involved in the transmission of bubonic plague. The species X. cheopis serves as a potent vector of Yersinia pestis, largely because its gut becomes “blocked” by a mass of Y. pestis cells… … Medical dictionary
