Officials in Pueblo County, Colorado, have confirmed that a person has contracted the plague. The bacterium that causes the disease is spread by fleas and flea-carrying animals, mainly rodents.
A bubonic plague warning sign is displayed at a parking lot near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Commerce City, Colo.
The Pueblo County Department of Public Health and Environment announced its investigation of the plague case Friday. “The state is continuing to communicate with that person and their family. Hopefully those conversations and interviews will shed a little bit more light for us to be able to get info out,” PDPHE Public Information Officer Trysten Garcia told The Pueblo Chieftain.
Historically, the plague bacterium was the culprit behind the 14th-century Black Death pandemic that killed millions across North Africa and Eurasia. The last urban plague epidemic in the U.S. took place in 1924 and 1925, when rats from arriving steamships spread the disease in Los Angeles, the CDC said.
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