Human Plague - United States, 2015

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Aug 28;64(33):918-9. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6433a6.

Abstract

Since April 1, 2015, a total of 11 cases of human plague have been reported in residents of six states: Arizona (two), California (one), Colorado (four), Georgia (one), New Mexico (two), and Oregon (one). The two cases in Georgia and California residents have been linked to exposures at or near Yosemite National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Nine of the 11 patients were male; median age was 52 years (range = 14-79 years). Three patients aged 16, 52, and 79 years died.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plague / diagnosis
  • Plague / epidemiology*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult