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Brush up on your knowledge of fleas and ticks

Test out your flea and tick knowledge from this month’s Tech Test.

By PMP Staff
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Photo: © Gene White
The American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis), also known as the wood tick, can carry bacteria responsible for several diseases in humans, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia. Photo: © Gene White

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Tech Test Tidbit

Plague is still around

During the Middle Ages, millions of people in Europe died of plague. The disease has not been eradicated, however, and occurs when fleas become infected by feeding on rodents infected with the bacterium Yersinia pestis. In the United States, plague is common in the southwest, especially Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. The disease can cause serious illness or death unless treated promptly with antibiotics.

Answers to May Tech Test: 

1. False, 2. c, 3. False, 4. c, 5. False, 6. c, 7. True, 8. a, 9. True, 10. True

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