Fleas: Difference between revisions

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Flea drawing.

Bilaterally-flattened wingless insects with enlarged hindlimbs specially adapted for jumping (up to 100 times their body length)^[1]
There are some 2,500 flea species, most parasitic on mammals (especially rodents) and some on birds^[2]

Sand fleas and sand from each of the 13 beaches (note camouflage to environment).

→ indicates newly penetrated sand fleas; ▴ indicates older lesions; (A) baseline examination, (B) week 2, (C) week 6 and (D) week 10 of follow up.

Jigger, Tunga penetrans, in human skin.

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 ==Background==
 [[File:HookeFlea01.jpg|thumb|Flea drawing.]]
+*Bilaterally-flattened wingless insects with enlarged hindlimbs specially adapted for jumping (up to 100 times their body length)<ref>https://parasite.org.au/para-site/contents/arthropod-intoduction.html</ref>
+*There are some 2,500 flea species, most parasitic on mammals (especially rodents) and some on birds<ref>https://parasite.org.au/para-site/contents/arthropod-intoduction.html</ref>
 ==Clinical Features==