The rodent was found in Morrison, a town outside of Denver in Jefferson County. Health officials said it was the first case of plague in the county.
The rodent was found in Morrison, a town outside Denver in Jefferson County. The county's health officials said in a statement that the squirrel was the first case of plague in the county.
Jefferson County Public Health said in its statement that household pets can be susceptible to plague infection which could transfer to humans if they pick up infected fleas. Although tied to historic pandemics like the Black Death, plague illnesses do still occur around the world and in the United States every year, though they are rare. In the U.S., most plague cases occur in the Southwest, including in New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, the CDC says.
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