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==Background==
[[File:HookeFlea01.jpg|thumb|Flea drawing.]]
*Bilaterally-flattened wingless insects with enlarged hindlimbs specially adapted for jumping (up to 100 times their body length)<ref>https://parasite.org.au/para-site/contents/arthropod-intoduction.html</ref>
*There are some 2,500 flea species, most parasitic on mammals (especially rodents) and some on birds<ref>https://parasite.org.au/para-site/contents/arthropod-intoduction.html</ref>

==Clinical Features==
[[File:PMC4571681 rsbl20150494-g1.png|thumb|Sand fleas and sand from each of the 13 beaches (note camouflage to environment).]]
[[File:PMC3777867 pntd.0002426.g006.png|thumb|→ indicates newly penetrated sand fleas; ▴ indicates older lesions; (A) baseline examination, (B) week 2, (C) week 6 and (D) week 10 of follow up.]]
[[File:Bicho-de-pé 1.jpg|thumb|Jigger, Tunga penetrans, in human skin.]]
[[File:PMC3309057 kjp-50-79-g001.png|thumb|Multiple erythematous urticated plaques (arrows) on the abdomen (A) and the upper part of back and neck (B) from cat flee bites.]]
[[File:PMC3309057 kjp-50-79-g002.png|thumb|Small black-colored cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) (A) and on microscope (B).]]
*[[Pruritus|Pruritic]] [[rash]]
*[[Tungiasis]]

==Differential Diagnosis==
{{Ectoparasite DDX}}

==Evaluation==


==Management==
*Supportive 
*Advise treating vector (e.g. pets etc.)

==Disposition==
*Discharge

==See Also==
*[[Ectoparasites]]
*[[Tungiasis]]
*[[Murine typhus]]

==External Links==


==References==
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