THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO AVOID RODENTS AND THEIR FLEAS THIS SUMMER. PLAGUE IS A BACTERIAL DISEASE OF RODENTS…USUALLY TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS THROUGH THE BITES OF INFECTED FLEAS. NEW MEXICO HAS NOW HAD ITS SECOND CASE OF PLAGUE THIS YEAR…A 43 YEAR OLD RIO ARRIBA COUNTY WOMAN WHO REMAINS HOSPITALIZED.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE WOMAN WAS LIKELY EXPOSED TO PLAGUE WHEN HER DOGS BROUGHT INFLECTED FLEAS INTO THE HOUSE. IN APRIL, A MAN FROM TORRANCE COUNTY CONTRACTED PLAGUE, AND HE'S STILL RECOVERING.
