A teenaged girl in Oregon is being treated for plague, state health officials say. She's the 16th U.S. case this year.
The highest annual number of plague cases in the U.S. this century was 17 cases in 2006.
"The girl is believed to have acquired the
disease from a flea bite during a hunting trip near Heppner in Morrow
County that started on Oct. 16," the health department said in a
statement on its website.
"She reportedly fell ill on Oct. 21 and was
hospitalized in Bend on Oct. 24. She is recovering in the hospital's
intensive care unit."
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Source: NBC News
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