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The Jefferson County Department of Health and Environment says positive test results for plague came back on Wednesday from a flea specimen collected from a prairie dog die-off at the Westminster Hills Open Space. The area includes a dog park at 105th Avenue and Simms Street.
The area is currently closed to the public and plague warning signs have been posted in the area.
Health workers recommend everyone living in or visiting the area take precautions to protect themselves and their pets.
Officials say cats are more likely to contract plague - either from ingesting a rodent or being scratched or bitten by one. However, the disease is most commonly spread by fleas which have bitten plague-infected rodents.
Humans can also contract the plague from flea bites or from a cough or direct contact from an infected animal, officials say.
Originally posted by Animal
plague, rabbit fever, and junta virus are all common killers here in the south west, at least here in new mexico.
there are more cases of it this year due to abnormally high amounts of rainfall.
this is nothing new.
Originally posted by arbiture
Originally posted by Animal
plague, rabbit fever, and junta virus are all common killers here in the south west, at least here in new mexico.
there are more cases of it this year due to abnormally high amounts of rainfall.
this is nothing new.
Plaugue has often been hard to diagnosis, at least where not endemic.
Originally posted by ElectricUniverse
It is good to see that at least some people know about this. However, there are many others that don't knw it. Hence the reason for me posting this.
The City of Albuquerque's health department has confirmed the first case of human plague in Bernalillo County in 2009. The department says a 16-month-old girl is currently hospitalized and recovering. Her great-grandfather is also undergoing treatment for plague after displaying symptoms consistent with the disease. There have now been five confirmed cases of plague in the state this year - six if the great-grandfathers case is confirmed. Three have been in Santa Fe County, and one of those plague victims died. The fourth was in Sandoval County where the patient recovered. The department reports that the Bernalillo County case appears to have been contracted in the East Mountains area and the department is conducting an environmental investigation. Plague is a bacterial disease found in rodents in the wild. It can be transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected flea. Symptoms of plague include fever, chills, painful lymph nodes, headache, vomiting or diarrhea. )