Health officials recommend eliminating rodent habitats around homes to prevent plague.
People should use insect repellent containing DEET to prevent flea bites and treat pets for fleas regularly.
Plague can be treated with antibiotics if diagnosed promptly. In the US, there are 0-17 cases per year.
Plague, or Yersinia pestis, is most commonly transmitted by fleas and rodents.
Pueblo County is investigating a human case of plague.
In a recent development, health officials in Pueblo County are investigating a human case of plague based on preliminary test results. Plague, also known as Yersinia pestis, is most commonly transmitted by fleas and other wild rodents. The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment recommends eliminating places where rodents can hide and breed around homes to prevent plague. People should use insect repellent containing 20%-30% DEET to prevent flea bites, treat pets for fleas regularly, avoid allowing pets to hunt or roam in rodent areas, and keep pet food in rodent-proof containers. Plague can be treated successfully with antibiotics if diagnosed promptly. In the United States, there are an estimated 0-17 cases of plague per year, with most cases globally concentrated in rural areas such as northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, and southern Colorado.
To provide some context on the plague, it is a bacterial infection that has been known as the
A human case of the plague has been reported in Pueblo, Colorado.
Improved sanitation practices and rodent control have reduced the threat of plague.
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Plague cases in the US typically number fewer than 17 annually.
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A resident died from the plague in Archuleta County in southwest Colorado last fall
Pueblo’s Department of Health notes that the plague was dubbed the ‘Black Death’ during the Middle Ages.
Pueblo County, Colorado is investigating a human case of plague based on preliminary test results.
Plague is transmitted by fleas and cycles naturally among wild rodents.
People get the plague from bites of infected fleas, touching or skinning infected animals, or inhaling droplets from the cough of an infected person or animal.
Symptoms of plague include sudden fever and chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, swollen lymph nodes with pain.
To protect yourself and your pets from plague: eliminate places where rodents can hide and breed around your home; use insect repellent to prevent flea bites; do not let pets sleep in bed with you or allow them to hunt or roam in rodent areas.
Plague can be treated successfully with antibiotics, but an infected person must be treated promptly to avoid serious complications or death.
A human case of plague has been identified in Pueblo County, Colorado.
Plague can affect humans and their pets.
Common symptoms of plague include sudden fever and chills, severe headaches, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and feeling ill.
Plague can be treated successfully with antibiotics if diagnosed early.
Three forms of plague exist: bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic.
To protect oneself from plague: eliminate rodent habitats around homes, use insect repellent containing DEET to prevent flea bites, keep pets free of fleas and away from rodents.
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Plague symptoms include sudden fever and chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, feeling of illness.
To protect oneself from plague: eliminate rodent habitats around homes.
Pueblo County is investigating a human case of plague based on preliminary test results.
Plague, or Yersinia pestis, is most commonly transmitted by fleas and other wild rodents.
Symptoms of plague include fever and chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, feeling of illness, and swollen lymph nodes with pain.
The Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment recommends eliminating places where rodents can hide and breed around homes to prevent plague.
People should use insect repellent containing 20%-30% DEET to prevent flea bites, treat pets for fleas regularly, avoid allowing pets to hunt or roam in rodent areas, and keep pet food in rodent-proof containers.
Plague can be treated successfully with antibiotics if diagnosed promptly.
In the United States, there are an estimated 0-17 cases of plague per year.
Most cases of plague globally are the bubonic form of the disease and concentrated in rural areas, with northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, and southern Colorado being major hot spots.
PDPHE and CDPHE are investigating a human case of plague in Pueblo, Colorado.
Plague symptoms include sudden fever and chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, feeling of illness, and swollen lymph nodes with pain.
Plague can be treated successfully with antibiotics if diagnosed promptly to avoid serious complications or death.
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]A human case of plague has been reported in Pueblo, Colorado.[
Plague is transmitted by fleas and cycles naturally among wild rodents.
Plague can infect humans and their pets.
Symptoms of plague include sudden fever and chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, swollen lymph nodes with pain.
