Two new cases of plague registered in the USA
The New Mexico State Department of Health has confirmed two more cases of plague in the region.
This is the third case of diagnosing this disease in the state, particularly in Santa Fe County, reports NBC4i.
Plague infected two women aged 52 and 62 years. An 63-year-old man had previously become ill with this disease.
All of them were hospitalized and successfully treated. Previously, the plague was a deadly disease, because medicine did not have antibiotics.
State health officials suggest that plague can be carried through fleas that infect wild rodents in Santa Fe County and other places in New Mexico. And pets that are allowed to walk and hunt outside can bring infected fleas from dead rodents to their homes, putting them at risk.
Plague is usually transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas and through direct contact with infected animals or people. Symptoms at the initial stage include severe fever, headache and weakness. Several centuries ago, the plague was the cause of mass mortality, since the disease was not treated and spread rapidly. Currently, antibiotics are effective in treating the disease, but without prompt treatment, the infection can still cause death.
Hundreds of cases of plague infection were recorded in the western regions of the United States in the twentieth century, as a rule, residents of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado were exposed to infection.
In 2016, 4 cases of non-fatal plague were reported in New Mexico. Also the 4 case was registered in the 2015 year, then one patient died from the disease.
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