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

A

Bed bug/Cimex

B

Rat flea/Xenopsylla

C

Louse/Pediculus

D

Mosquito/Aedes

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B
The rat flea, a flea genus parasitic on the rat and involved the transmission of bubonic plague. The species xenopsylla cheopis serves as a potent vector of yersinia pestis.
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