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California resident diagnosed with plague - Reuters
Reuters) - A resident of South Lake Tahoe, California, has tested positive for plague, the state’s first case of the highly infectious disease - known as the “Black Death” during the Middle Ages - in five years, health officials said on Tuesday.
El Dorado County health officials said in a statement that they suspected the person was bitten by the plague-infected flea while either walking their dog in the Tahoe Keys area or along the Truckee River Corridor in east-central California. Their investigation was still in progress.
Signs have been posted around South Lake Tahoe to warn of the presence of the plague and how to prevent exposure, they said.
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Very nasty bacterial disease.
Reuters) - A resident of South Lake Tahoe, California, has tested positive for plague, the state’s first case of the highly infectious disease - known as the “Black Death” during the Middle Ages - in five years, health officials said on Tuesday.
El Dorado County health officials said in a statement that they suspected the person was bitten by the plague-infected flea while either walking their dog in the Tahoe Keys area or along the Truckee River Corridor in east-central California. Their investigation was still in progress.
Signs have been posted around South Lake Tahoe to warn of the presence of the plague and how to prevent exposure, they said.
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Very nasty bacterial disease.
