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Pasteurella/Yersinia pestis (causal agent of bubonic plague) is transmitted by

A

Bed bug/Cimexx

B

Rat flea/xenopsylla

C

louse/pediculus

D

Mosquito/aedes

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The correct Answer is:
B
Xenopsylla cheopis resembles the human flea and is the chief transmitter of bubonic plague.
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