Colorado: Prairie dog tests positive for plague in Western La Plata County
by Press Release from Outbreak News Today on (#61JFY)
NewsDesk @bactiman63 A prairie dog in the Hesperus/Breen area tested positive for Yersinia pestis, which is the bacteria that causes plague on Friday, July 15. Fleas from the prairie dog colony have been collected and sent to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) for further testing, though results are not yet available. There [...]
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