Posted on 02/11/2024 4:31:19 PM PST by Libloather
An Oregon resident has been infected with the state’s first case of bubonic plague since 2015, health officials said last week.
The resident was likely infected with plague by their symptomatic pet cat, Deschutes County Health Services said in a news release on Wednesday.
"All close contacts of the resident and their pet have been contacted and provided medication to prevent illness," Dr. Richard Fawcett, the Deschutes County health officer, said in the release without identifying the infected resident.
Officials said there was little risk to the community since the case was identified and treated in the earlier stages of the disease. No additional cases of plague have emerged during the communicable disease investigation.
The bubonic plague can progress into the more severe and difficult to treat septicemic plague (bloodstream infection) and/or pneumonic plague (lung infection) if not diagnosed early.
The last case of human plague in Oregon was reported in 2015, according to Oregon Health Authority.
Humans typically begin to show symptoms of the plague within two to eight days of exposure. Symptoms can include a sudden onset of fever, nausea, weakness, chills, muscle aches and visibly swollen lymph nodes called buboes.
Humans can be infected through bites or contact with infected fleas or animals.
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It’s moving in from across the border.
When a people decides to live in filth, diseases will follow.
8 years is a long time between cases.
Usually 1-2 every couple of years. Squirrels and prairie dogs. No big deal.
That’s my bet. From fleas and and lice on our ‘visitors.’
Thank you, Jao...
“Good news is that modern antibiotics mean it’s no big deal.”
If antibiotics were still being manufactured in this country I’’d tend to agree with you. Not any longer.
So where did the cat get it and how do they know that wherever it got the infected fleas that there aren’t more?
“Rats!”
“They fought the dogs.
And killed the cats,
And bit the babies,
In their cradles...”
Need to re-read THE PLAGUE AND THE FIRE by James Leasor
about the plague and fire of London in the 1660s.
Iirc, bubonic plague is endemic in rodents in Eastern Oregon.
Rodent -> Cat -> Owner.
Turn your city into a 3rd world craphole and you get 3rd world craphole diseases, who didn’t see that coming?
Plague is endemic in most rodent populations of the western US. Possibly brought over by ship rats on ships bringing Chinese railway workers and prostitutes.
Don’t play with or rescue small critters out in the wild. Seriously avoid feral cats.
It is usually found in prairie dog colonies. Right here in the U.S.
Interesting observations on this topic. Any thoughts on why it’s occurring now?
It may be very common in prairie dogs but human cases of plague are rather rare. Just as it was in the past the plague in rodents is spread by flea bites. The infected squirrel or prairie dog is then hunted and eaten.by the domestic pet (most likely a cat). Then the owner gets exposed to the disease.
Prairie dogs and squirrels do live outside of 3rd world crapholes.
Don’t you just love cats.
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