First case of black death in the US since 2015.

Plague bacteria circulate in USA in various species of rodents and their fleas. It causes an average of seven human cases per year (range: 1 to 17), according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

An Oregon man contracted bubonic plague from his “very sick” cat for the first time since 2015. Someone in the state has become infected with bubonic plague bacteria, according to local health officials.

Fortunately, the case was identified early before it developed into a more serious systemic bloodstream infection.. However, in orderSome doctors believed that the person had developed a cough in the hospital; This may indicate the development of pneumatic plague, a more dangerous type of plague.

A person could become infected with fleas from his cat, since the animal was very sick and he had a draining abscess, indicating a “pretty significant” infection. Symptoms usually appear two to eight days after infection, and if the infection is not treated, it progresses to the septic or pulmonary form.