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US Resident Tests Positive For Plague: All You Need To Know About The Disease

World
 Updated: Aug 24, 2025
Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed
  • A person in California tested positive for a bubonic plague variant in the Sierra Nevada region
  • The infected individual likely contracted the disease from a flea bite while camping in South Lake Tahoe
  • Bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis transmitted through infected fleas on rodents and pets
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