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1: Hautarzt. 1987 Nov;38(11):690-2.Links

[Flea bites caused by Archaeopsylla erinacei, the hedgehog flea]

[Article in German]

Bork K, Honomichl K, Hoede N.

Hautklinik Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.

A hedgehog flea was the cause of multiple flea bites in a 48-year-old patient. The main host of the hedgehog flea is the European hedgehog, but the flea was also found in different furry mammals, such as polecats, brown rats and foxes. It was not previously known that Archaeopsylla erinacei attacks man.

PMID: 3429232 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]