Lice may have been just as responsible for spreading the plague as rats and fleas, suggests a new study. The findings challenge widespread views of how the Black Death wreaked havoc in the Middle ...

Rats and fleas are usually blamed for the spread of the plague in Europe But lice may have been just as responsible for transmitting the disease When it comes to the spread of the plague ...

All pets (rats, mice, guinea pigs ... On follow-up examinations (ten days after the second application of fipronil), no lice or their developmental stages were found and the animals' behavior ...