Different types of fleas prefer specific animals as hosts, but will
infest humans if their specific hosts are unavailable. Fleas can
carry plague and typhus. They are also thought to transmit several
other diseases. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.)
Review Date: 01/13/2010
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve,
MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
