flea-borne
Carried by jumpers
Flea-borne describes diseases or pathogens transmitted by fleas: flea-borne typhus, flea-borne plague.
The insects carry bacteria or parasites that pass to humans or animals through bites or contact with flea feces.
Historically, flea-borne illnesses have caused devastating epidemics—the Black Death spread through rat fleas.
Louse-transmitted bacterial infection
- plagueDeadly epidemic disease
- murineRelating to mice
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
fever · pathogen · bubonic · endemic · outbreak · transmission · bacteria · illness
Quantity with direction
infestation · parasite · carrier · bloodmeal · reservoir · infected · spread · contact
Of the Middle Ages
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- mortalityState of eventual death
- EuropeSmallest inhabited continent
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
miasma · epidemic · devastation · maritime · colonialism · outbreak · sanatorium · pestilence
Authority to direct
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- repellentCauses strong aversion
- insecticideToxic agent targeting pests
- sanitationCleanliness for public health
hygiene · pesticide · fumigation · treatment · eradication · vaccination · prophylaxis · surveillance
typhus
Louse-transmitted bacterial infection
epidemic · fever · pathogen · bubonic · endemic · outbreak · transmission · bacteria · illness · pandemic
vector
Quantity with direction
rat · infestation · parasite · carrier · bloodmeal · reservoir · infected · spread · contact · exposure
medieval
Of the Middle Ages
quarantine · miasma · epidemic · devastation · maritime · colonialism · outbreak · sanatorium · pestilence · chronicle
control
Authority to direct
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- repellentCauses strong aversion
- insecticideToxic agent targeting pests
sanitation · hygiene · pesticide · fumigation · treatment · eradication · vaccination · prophylaxis · surveillance · inspection
- Vector Diseasesmalaria, dengue, Zika, dengue fever, West Nile
flea-borneairborne
Traveling through air
waterborne · mosquito-borne · tick-borne · foodborne · sexually transmitted