ARCHULETA COUNTY, Colo. — Thesaid lab testing confirms plague was associated with the death of a person in Archuleta County, along the Colorado-New Mexico border.
The state health department said 16 human cases of plague have been reported within the last 10 years, including three fatalities. The last fatality before this recent one was in 2021. Marzec manages surveillance of animal-related and vector-borne diseases for the state of Colorado. She said plague can be carried by any rodents, but it is often found in prairie dog colonies and spread through fleas that are infected with the plague bacteria.
She said people should be aware of silent prairie dog colonies and stay away, because the fleas can pass plague to humans.
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