United States: A person in Pueblo, Colorado, has tested positive for the plague which is also called pest, and that is what the health officers are probing. This pest is caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis, which is spread by fleas or can say the houseflies and affecting the wild rodents.
How the Plague Spreads
People and pets can get the pest from flea mouthfuls, touching or shelling infected creatures, or breathing in driblets from an infected person or beast’s cough.
As reported by fox21news, Some of the symptoms that include, sudden fever, chills, severe headache, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting, and swollen, painful lymph nodes and the health experts are still working on this to learn more about that how a person got sick and what are the ways to keep them safe.
Safety Guidelines by PDPHE
Remove the places where rodents can hide and breed around your home, garage, shed, or recreation area. Remove brush, rock piles, trash, and piles of lumber.
- Applying the insect repellent to protect yourself from fleas.
- Use a long-handled shovel to place it in a garbage bag.
- Place the bad in an outdoor garbage can.
- Use the insect repellent that contains 20 percent to 30 percent of the DEET to prevent the flea bites. Treat pants, socks, shoe tops, arms and legs.
- Do not let pets sleep in bed with you.
- Treat your dogs and cats for fleas regularly. Flea collars have not been proven so effective.
- Do not allow the pets to hunt or roam in the rodent areas, such as prairie dog colonies.
- Keep the pet food in rodent-proof containers.
Seek Medical Attention
“If you develop plague symptoms, see a health care provider immediately. Plague can be cured successfully with antibiotics, but an infected person must be treated promptly to avoid serious complications or death,” said Alicia Solis, program manager of the Office of Communicable Disease and Emergency Preparedness at PDPHE.