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La Plata County resident tests positive for septicemic plague
Health department says person has since recovered
By Herald Staff Report
Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:40 AM
Updated 1 hour 32 minutes ago
A La Plata County resident has tested positive for septicemic plague, which health officials believe was transmitted by fleas from a ground squirrel.
San Juan Basin Public Health announced the positive case Wednesday, saying the last case of human plague in the county was reported in 2014. The person who tested positive has since recovered.
Septicemic plague cannot be transmitted from human to human, the health department said. It’s a far less common type of plague than, say, bubonic plague.
Septicemic plague symptoms include fever, chills, extreme weakness, abdominal pain, shock and possibly bleeding from the skin or organs.
According to the Center for Disease Control, septicemic plague can occur as the first symptom of plague, or may develop from untreated bubonic plague. People are infected typically though flea bites or handling an infected animal...
La Plata County resident tests positive for septicemic plague
Health department says person has since recovered
By Herald Staff Report
Thursday, July 16, 2020 10:40 AM
Updated 1 hour 32 minutes ago
A La Plata County resident has tested positive for septicemic plague, which health officials believe was transmitted by fleas from a ground squirrel.
San Juan Basin Public Health announced the positive case Wednesday, saying the last case of human plague in the county was reported in 2014. The person who tested positive has since recovered.
Septicemic plague cannot be transmitted from human to human, the health department said. It’s a far less common type of plague than, say, bubonic plague.
Septicemic plague symptoms include fever, chills, extreme weakness, abdominal pain, shock and possibly bleeding from the skin or organs.
According to the Center for Disease Control, septicemic plague can occur as the first symptom of plague, or may develop from untreated bubonic plague. People are infected typically though flea bites or handling an infected animal...
