Animal Kingdom Question 482

Question: Pasteurella/Yersinia pestis (causal agent of Bubonic Plague) is transmitted by [BHU 1980; APMEE 1995]

Options:

A) Bed bug/Cimex

B) Rat flea/Xenopsylla

C) Louse/Pediculus

D) Mosquito/Aedos

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

Xenopsylla cheopis, resembles the human flea and is the chief transmitter of bubonic plague.