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Which of the following is the carrier of Plague bacteria?(a) Anopheles mosquito(b) Aedes aegypti(c) Xenopsylla(d) RhinovirusThis question was posed to me in final exam.Asked question is from Bacterial Diseases in Humans-2 topic in division Human Health and Disease of Biology – Class 12

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Right choice is (c) Xenopsylla

Easiest explanation: Plague spreads from rat through rat flea-Xenopsylla. They carry the pathogen Yersinia pestis. When the INFECTED rats die, the fleas LEAVE their body and can EVEN bite the man and inject plague germs into his/her blood.



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