Apet ownerhas caught a rare case of the bubonic plague, health officials in central Oregon say, and it's believed they may have caught it from their cat. The Deschutes County Health Services confirmed the case of the plague in a local resident last week. The resident was likely "infe...
Bubonic plague— the kind contracted by the Oregon resident — happens when the plague bacteria gets into the lymph nodes. It can cause fever, headache, weakness and painful, swollen lymph nodes. It usually happens from the bite of an infected flea, according to the CDC. Septicemic plaguesymp...
Bubonic plague found in feral cat/ Health Department suggests taking precautionsBill RadfordThe Gazette
PLAGUE IN HUMANS Human outbreaks of plague occur in areas where there is poor housing, usually accompanied by poor sanitation conditions. Other people at risk for coming in contact with the plague bacterium are veterinarians and veterinary technicians; laboratory workers; cat owners; hunters, campers...
Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who likely got the disease from a sick pet cat. From Seattle Times On the larger side of the small-mammal spectrum are squirrels, known to spread bubonic plague, which was known as the Black Death when ...
Officials in central Oregon this week reported a case of bubonic plague in a resident who probably got the disease from a sick pet cat. The infected resident and the person’s close contacts have all been provided medication, public health officials say,...
Health officials announced this week that a resident of Deschutes County — a rural part of Oregon — was diagnosed with plague, marking the state’s first human case in more than eight years. The person was likely infected by their pet cat, who had developed symptoms, according to Deschutes...
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A case of the bubonic plague has been confirmed in Colorado this year, but how concerned should Coloradans be about the deadly disease?
The bubonic plague hasn't been confirmed in a human in Colorado since 2006, when four cases were reported, according to state health officials. But, this past June, a man in Oregon contracted the disease after a cat bit him while he was trying to take a rat out of its mouth. Federal...