Xenopsylla /Xen·op·syl·la/ (zen″op-sil´ah) a genus of fleas, many species of which transmit pathogens; X. che´opis, the rat flea, transmits plague and murine typhus.
Xenopsylla
Xenopsylla
Xen·op·syl·la (z n  p-s l  , zn-sl)n. A genus of fleas parasitic on rats and involved in the transmission of bubonic plague. |
Xenopsylla
[zen′ōsil′ə]
a genus of parasitic fleas responsible for the transmission of bubonic plague, murine typhus, and other infections. Many of more than 30 species of Xenopsylla are vectors of pathogens, including X. cheopis, a rat flea found worldwide. It is a vector of Yersinia pestis, the bacterial source of murine typhus, as well as of the plague.
Xenopsylla
a genus of fleas, including more than 30 species, many of which transmit disease-producing microorganisms.
Xenopsylla cheopis
the rat flea, which transmits Pasteurella pestis, the causative organism of plague and Rickettsia typhi, the causative organism of murine typhus.
Xenopsylla
Rat flea A genus of fleas, family Pulicidae, which is a vector for dwarf and rat tapeworms (Xenopsylla cheopis), murine typhus–X cheopis and plague–X astia, X brasiliense, X cheopis
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