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The Oriental rat flea ( Xenopsylla cheopis ) engorged with blood after a blood meal . This species of flea is the primary vector for the transmission of Yersinia pestis , the organism responsible for bubonic plague in most plague epidemics . Both male and female fleas feed on blood and can transmit the infection .
lapses into recurrent seizures , Alzheimic confusion , coma and internal hemorrhaging .
The plague is almost impossible to eradicate from Madagascar , due to interaction of natural and sociocultural factors . According to a 2013 report by the US National Library of Medicine , the high percentage of animals carrying the disease lays the foundation for transmission , and social and economic conditions further encourage the periodic leap to humans .
Outbreaks of the plague usually occur in villages at high altitudes in the northern region of Madagascar , spiking between October and April when the warm rainy season keeps temperatures well above 70 degrees day and night .
Without funds coming in from developed nations , the country doesn ’ t have much to work with to fight the plague . The African
12 January 2015