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What are the side effects of flea bites on humans?
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Depending on...: ...Where you live, here is a list of possible infections fleas have been known to carry: http://www.Kingcounty.Gov/healthservices/health/ehs/zoonotics/fleas.Aspx.
Answered 1/3/2019
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Fleas: Fleas can carry tapeworms & Murine typhus. In some parts of the world to include the Southwestern United States they can carry a bacteria called yersinia pestis which can cause Bubonic plague.
Answered 10/18/2018
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