Don't just blame rat fleas. Lice may have helped spread 'black death' plague
Briefly

The spread of the Black Death plague may have been facilitated by human body lice, not just rat fleas, through bacteria transmission between rodents and humans.
Rat fleas, leaving their preferred hosts, rats, due to their death, would feed on other small animals as well as humans, leading to human outbreaks and epidemics.
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