{"id":1637,"date":"2021-08-06T11:31:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T18:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2021\/08\/07\/chipmunks-test-positive-for-bubonic-plague-in-south-lake-tahoe\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T11:33:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T18:33:34","slug":"chipmunks-test-positive-for-bubonic-plague-in-south-lake-tahoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2021\/08\/06\/chipmunks-test-positive-for-bubonic-plague-in-south-lake-tahoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chipmunks Test Positive for Bubonic Plague in South Lake Tahoe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chipmunks located in South Lake Tahoe, California have tested positive for the bubonic plague recently, according to the Tahoe Daily Tribune.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luckily, a spokesperson for El Dorado County reported that \u201cthe mammals hadn\u2019t had any contact with humans,\u201d as stated by Travel Leisure.<\/strong> Regardless, to ensure the safety of tourists, Taylor Creek Visitor Center and Kiva Beach will be closed until Saturday, August 7, in order to perform \u201cplague treatment.\u201d Within these areas, the U.S. Forest Service all use a vector control method to complete the plague treatment, as stated by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Another way to\u00a0guarantee\u00a0safety among humans is to steer clear of wild animals when participating in outdoor activities. <\/strong>This is because the disease typically transfers to people after handling an infected animal or after being bit by a rodent flea. If caught, plague symptoms include fever, headache, chills, weakness, and one or more painful lymph nodes, according to the CDC. Fortunately, the plague is rare among humans. A South Lake Tahoe resident become the first person to test positive in five years last August.\u00a0\u201cHuman cases of plague are extremely rare, but can be very serious,\u201d states Dr. Nancy Williams, the county\u2019s public health officer.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time there was an outbreak in South Lake Tahoe.<\/strong> In 2012, in the Taylor Creek area, the same one that is currently closed off, there was another chipmunk outbreak. More recently, in 2019 the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado shut down for around a month because a colony of prairie dogs was infected by the bubonic plague.<\/p>\n

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