Portal: United States Environmental Protection Agency

“ Siphonaptera Fleas Cat flea Ctenocephalides felis Bartonella, Murine typhus, tapeworm infection, dermatitis with a risk of secondary infection, allergic reactions, painful bite Dog flea Ctenocephalides canis Human flea Pulex irritans Dermatitis with risk of secondary infection, allergic reactions, painful bite Sticktight flea Echidnophaga gallinacea Bubonic plague, Murine plague (endemic typhus) , Dermatitis with risk of secondary infection, allergic reactions, painful bite Oriental rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis Chigoe Tunga penetrans Other fleas Oropsylla sp. ”

“ Peromyscus leucopus Eastern harvest mouse Reithrodontomys humuli Golden mouse Ochrotomys nuttalli Rats Norway rat Rattus norvegicus Leptospirosis, plague, rat bite fever, salmonellosis, tularemia, lymphocytic chorio-meningitis, direct injury, allergy and asthma triggers from urine/hair/dander Roof rat Rattus rattus Polynesian rat Rattus exulans Cotton rats Sigmodon spp. ”

“ Ixodes scapularis Anaplasmosis, Borrelia miyamotoi disease, Lyme disease, Babesiosis, Powassan encephalitis Brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus Rocky Mountain spotted fever Lone star tick Amblyomma americanum Ehrlichiosis, Bourbon virus disease, Heartland virus disease, Alpha-gal syndrome (red meat allergy) Gulf Coast tick Amblyomma maculatum Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis Trombidiformes Chigger mites Trombiculidae Common chiggers Eutrombicula spp. ”