Details

Date1889
AuthorGrassi
ContributionWith Rovelli, reported flea as intermediate host for Dipylidium caninum.
ReferenceGrove
NotesA common tapeworm of dogs and cats. The possibility of the flea as a vector had been considered, and rejected, by Sonsino in 1888.
CategoryCausation
Pathogen ClassHelminths

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