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Plague kills Arizona resident, marking first recorded death since 2007, health officials say
COCONINO COUNTY, ARIZONA, JUL 11 – Health officials confirm death from Yersinia pestis infection, noting an average of seven U.S. plague cases annually with low risk of human-to-human spread, urging vigilance and early treatment.
- A resident of Coconino County passed away on Friday after receiving treatment at a Flagstaff emergency room for pneumonic plague, a serious respiratory illness resulting from infection with the Yersinia pestis bacterium.
- Health officials are investigating how the patient contracted the disease amid a recent mass die-off of prairie dogs northeast of Flagstaff known to carry plague-infected fleas.
- Pneumonic plague, caused by the same bacterium responsible for bubonic plague, is harder to detect since its symptoms mimic those of pneumonia; although it can be transmitted between people, it spreads less readily than COVID-19.
- The CDC notes that the United States averages about seven plague cases each year, and health experts stress the importance of starting antibiotic treatment promptly to ensure effective recovery.
- Officials stress the condition is rare, advise no panic, and recommend keeping dogs leashed as the main precaution to reduce plague risk.
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The only word generates fear and it is therefore news the death in Arizona, Coconino County, for lung plague. It is the first death for plague in the county since 2007 according to the Department of Health and Human Services of the County. But in that case the infected person had had an interaction with a dead animal and infected with the disease. Every year in the United States seven cases of human plague are reported on average, according to t…
Arizona resident dies from the pneumonic plague - Washington Examiner
A northern Arizona resident died from the pneumonic plague, local health officials said. The person arrived at the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department on Friday and died there the same day, Northern Arizona Healthcare said in a statement. They are the first to die from the plague since 2007. The hospital is investigating the case with the Coconino County Health and Human Services Department and the Arizona Department of Health Services…
One person has died in the state of Arizona (United States) due to the pneumonic plague, one of the forms taken by the feared black plague, as confirmed by the health authorities of Coconin County, where death has occurred.As reflected by the British BBC media, this is the first death from this disease recorded in that county since 2007. On that occasion, it was a person who had interacted with a dead animal infected by the plague bacteria, Yers…
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