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.