II. Pathophysiology
- Transmission
- Fleas have no wings and move by jumping
- Dog or cat fleas (Ctenocephalides )
- Fleas jump from their typical hosts (dogs and cats) to humans to inflict their bites
- Human fleas (Pulex irritans)
- Associated with unsanitary conditions and poor hygiene
III. Associated Conditions: Diseases for which fleas are vectors
- Plague
- Tularemia
- Cat-Scratch Disease
- Cat Flea Typhus
V. Management
- See Mosquito Bite
VI. Prevention
VII. References
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Definition (MSH) | An order of parasitic, blood-sucking, wingless INSECTS with the common name of fleas. |
Definition (CSP) | fleas are small and wingless; usually are ectoparasites on birds or mammals; adults feed on the blood of the host and lay eggs in the host or the dirt of the host nest. |
Concepts | Eukaryote (T204) |
MSH | D005423 |
SnomedCT | 106803009, 87052000 |
English | Aphaniptera, Fleas, Order siphonaptera - flea (organism), Order siphonaptera - flea, Order Siphonaptera (organism), Order Siphonaptera, Siphonapteras, Aphanipteras, Siphonaptera, fleas, flea, siphonaptera, Flea (organism), Order: Siphonaptera, Flea, NOS, Flea |
Spanish | orden Siphonaptera, orden siphonaptera - pulga, orden Siphonaptera (organismo), orden siphonaptera - pulga (organismo), Pulgas, Siphonaptera, pulga (concepto no activo), pulga, orden: Siphonaptera, Aphaniptera |
French | Aphaniptères, Puces, Siphonaptères, Siphonaptera, Aphaniptera |
Swedish | Loppor |
Finnish | Kirput |
Russian | BESKRYLYE, BLOKHI, SIPHONAPTERA, БЛОХИ, APHANIPTERA, БЕСКРЫЛЫЕ |
Japanese | ノミ目, 隠翅目, のみ目, ノミ, ノミ類, 蚤, 蚤目 |
Italian | Afanittera, Aphaniptera, Sifonatteri, Pulci, Siphonaptera |
Croatian | SIPHONAPTERA, BUHE |
Czech | Siphonaptera, Aphaniptera, blechy |
Portuguese | Sifonápteros, Pulgas, Afanópteros, Afanípteros, Siphonaptera, Aphaniptera |
Polish | Aphaniptera, Pchły |
Norwegian | Siphonaptera, Aphaniptera, Lopper |
German | Aphaniptera, Siphonaptera, Flöhe |
Dutch | Aphaniptera, Siphonaptera, Vlo, Vlooien |
Ontology: Flea bites (C0417742)
Concepts | Injury or Poisoning (T037) |
SnomedCT | 242633002, 367138009, 217707003, 210984001, 242641002, 262551003 |
English | Flea bite NOS, bitten by fleas (history), bitten by fleas, flea bite, Flea bites, Flea bite, flea bites, Flea Bites, Flea bite NOS (event), Flea bites (disorder), Bite of Syphonaptera species, Bite of flea, Flea bite NOS (finding), Flea bites (finding), Bite of Syphonaptera species (finding), Flea bites (event), Bite of Syphonaptera species (event) |
Spanish | picaduras de pulga (evento), Picadura de pulga, picadura de especias de Syphonaptera (hallazgo), picaduras de pulga (hallazgo), mordedura de pulga, SAI (hallazgo), mordedura de pulga, SAI (evento), mordedura de pulga, SAI, picadura de especie de Syphonaptera, picadura de especias de Syphonaptera (evento), picadura de especias de Syphonaptera, picadura de especie de Syphonaptera (evento), picaduras de pulga |
Dutch | vlooienbeet |
French | Piqûre de puce |
German | Flohbiss |
Italian | Morso di pulce |
Portuguese | Mordedura de pulga |
Japanese | ノミ咬傷, ノミコウショウ |
Czech | Bleší kousnutí |
Hungarian | Bolhacsípés |