feces

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Once infected, the flea spreads the disease to humans when flea feces is rubbed into cuts or scrapes on the skin or the eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The parasite’s eggs must be in the feces for two to four weeks before they can cause infection, so officials urged quick cleanup of any raccoon feces using gloves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

All three parasites spread through poor sanitation, typically when food, water, or hands are contaminated with human feces.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Higher in the mountains, the evidence of BTAZ’s grazing was even clearer: swaths of ground chewed and trampled bare, discarded plastic piping, cow feces and bones in an unfenced creek.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

As I wandered about the kitchen I suddenly smelled feces and urine.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane