A case of bubonic plague was reported earlier this week in Oregon by officials who said the resident likely got the disease from a sick pet cat. Plague isn't common, but it also isn't unheard of in the western United States, according to the Associated Press. There are a handful of cases that occur in the region every year.It’s different from Alaskapox, a rare, recently discovered disease that killed a man in Alaska last month.
Though the plague has most recently been found in Oregon, most cases occur around the "Four Corners" area of the Southwest — the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona and northwestern corner of New Mexico — primarily between late spring and early fall.A welder in central Oregon contracted it in 2012 when he pulled a rodent out of his choking cat's mouth in 2012 — he survived but lost his fingertips and toes to the disease.
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