Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2020 8:49:37 GMT -5
Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague in Colorado
A squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for bubonic plague, public-health officials there say.
The squirrel, found in the Denver suburb of Morrison, is the first known plague case in Jefferson County, the county’s health department stated on its website Sunday.
Earlier this month, China and Mongolia confirmed a total of three human cases of plague.
Bubonic plague famously ravaged Europe in the 1300s, earning the name The Black Death — and it never completely went away. It now can be effectively treated with antibiotics, particularly when caught early.
People typically get plague from fleas that have it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Humans also can be infected through contact with infected animals, such as rodents and cats, as well as through contact with infected humans.
Plague symptoms include the “sudden onset of fever, headache, chills and weakness, and one or more swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes,” the CDC says. Lymph nodes can swell to the size of chicken eggs.
www.syracuse.com/us-news/2020/07/squirrel-tests-positive-for-bubonic-plague-in-colorado.html
Not to happy with the three humans in China who have Bubonic plaque!!!!
A squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for bubonic plague, public-health officials there say.
The squirrel, found in the Denver suburb of Morrison, is the first known plague case in Jefferson County, the county’s health department stated on its website Sunday.
Earlier this month, China and Mongolia confirmed a total of three human cases of plague.
Bubonic plague famously ravaged Europe in the 1300s, earning the name The Black Death — and it never completely went away. It now can be effectively treated with antibiotics, particularly when caught early.
People typically get plague from fleas that have it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Humans also can be infected through contact with infected animals, such as rodents and cats, as well as through contact with infected humans.
Plague symptoms include the “sudden onset of fever, headache, chills and weakness, and one or more swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes,” the CDC says. Lymph nodes can swell to the size of chicken eggs.
www.syracuse.com/us-news/2020/07/squirrel-tests-positive-for-bubonic-plague-in-colorado.html
Not to happy with the three humans in China who have Bubonic plaque!!!!
