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MojaveMeg
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could be worse: SoCal Campground shut after plague found in squirrel
Posted by
zeitgeist
Jul 4 '10, 16:44
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A Southern California campground has been shut down after a squirrel captured two weeks ago tested positive for plague.
Los Angeles County public health director Jonathan Fielding tells the Los Angeles times Sunday that Los Alamos Campground in the Angeles National Forest was shut down Saturday and will remain closed for at least ten days.
Plague is a bacterial disease in wild rodents that can be transmitted to humans through the bite of infected fleas.
Squirrel burrows in the area near Gorman will be dusted for fleas, and further testing will be conducted before the campground is reopened.
Fielding notes that there have been four cases of human plague in LA County since 1984, none of which were fatal.
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, www.latimes.com
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/04/state/n114259D37.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0slCX7wvE
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