Biological name of insect (vector) carrying the plague

Xenopsylla cheopis

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Anopheles mosquito

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Bacillus pestis

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Pediculus humanus

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Solution

The correct option is A Xenopsylla cheopis
Plague is a deadly infectious disease that is caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis. It is mainly a disease in the fleas, Xenopsylla cheopis, that infested the rats, making the rats themselves the first victims of the plague.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

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