In the statement made on the website of the Deschutes County Health Services Unit, it was stated that a person was treated with a diagnosis of bubonic plague, and that the source of the disease may have been his cat showing symptoms of bubonic plague.
In the statement, it was noted that no other plague cases were found during the field research.
Deschutes County health officer Dr. Richard Fawcett stated that the people who were in close contact with the person diagnosed with plague and all their pets were contacted, and drug treatment was started at an early stage to prevent the disease. ğını he stated.
According to the Oregon State Health Department, the last case of bubonic plague was seen in the state in 2015. Plague is transmitted to humans and animals from infected lice or an animal carrying the disease.
Bubonic plague, the most common form of plague, can be treated with antibiotics for 7 to 14 days if diagnosed early.
Almost half of the continent’s population lost their lives in the plague epidemic that devastated Europe in the mid-1300s and was known as the “Black Death”.
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