Body lice may be bigger plague spreaders than previously thought (IMAGE)

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Body lice may be bigger plague spreaders than previously thought

Caption

Fluorescent image of a human body louse with Yersinia pestis infection (orange/red) in the Pawlowsky glands.

Credit

David M. Bland (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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