The plague has resurfaced in Idaho after 26 years since the last human case was diagnosed, reports the Idaho Statesman.
The announcement comes from the Central District Health Department (CDHD), which confirmed this week that a child in Elmore County has been infected with the plague. According to the sources, the child has received antibiotic treatment and is recovering from the disease.
This makes the fifth human case of the plague uncovered in Idaho in almost 80 years and the first one to be detected since 1992.
“Since 1940, only five human cases of plague have been reported in the Gem State. The last two reported cases occurred in 1991 and 1992, with both patients fully recovering,” states East Idaho News.
CDHD epidemiologists are unsure whether the child has contracted the infectious disease in Idaho or was exposed to the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, during a trip to the neighboring state of Oregon.
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