Fleas typically attack dogs and cats, but humans can also get bites. Flea bites may occur on your ankles, legs, waist, and other body parts. They can cause itchy, red bumps, irritation, and ...

Fleas can spread other diseases too. Other flea-borne bacterial diseases may cause fever, body aches, nausea/vomiting, cough, rash, swollen lymph nodes, skin lesions/rashes, and/or other symptoms.

Fleas can transmit to humans from pets. ... Head lice and fleas both cause itchy skin reactions in people who encounter them. Fleas may transmit disease to humans, but lice do not.

Key TakeawaysVinegar is not an effective flea killer but can be diluted to use as a repellent.Regular pet, yard, and home care—and citrus-based repellents—are more effective in getting rid of ...

Unsure if your cat has fleas? Fleas like warmth so check your kitty’s tummy and ears. As fleas sometimes stay still and look ...

The West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District has announced that two human cases of flea-borne typhus have been confirmed within the district boundaries.

New Study Finds Fleas from Humans, Not Rats, ... which manifests when the Yersinia pestis bacteria enter the skin of the host, can be transmitted to humans from rats and ectoparasites, ...

Although the county did not record a single case of flea-borne typhus in humans between 1993 and 2006, the infectious disease is now considered by the state’s health department to be endemic, ...

Tungiasis, a tropical disease associated with poverty, is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas into a person's skin, usually in their toes or feet. Researchers report five cases of ...