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Subject: Re: Fleas Transmit Tapeworms ???
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Date: 20 Jul 90 06:50:45 GMT
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In-Reply-To: mmm@cup.portal.com's message of 18 Jul 90 19:49:34 GMT

In article <31860@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
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>   In today's San Jose Mercury-News (7/18), an article about fleas
>   mentions they can transmit tapeworms.  Is that really true?  I thought
>   tapeworms were transmitted by contact with fecal material.  I think
>   they're confusing tapeworms with some other kind of worm (heartworms?).

Yes, fleas can transmit tapeworms.  
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-Greg Pasquariello	grp@unify.com