PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health officials have confirmed that an Oregon man has the plague after he was bitten while trying to take a dead rodent from the mouth of a stray cat.
The unidentified Prineville, Ore., man was in critical condition on Friday. He is suffering from a blood-borne version of the disease that wiped out at least one-third of Europe in the 14th century — that one, the bubonic plague, affects lymph nodes. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/2012/06/18/plague-confirmed-oregon-man-bitten-stray-cat/f54fRE3OTbTzlm3KJ8JZ0L/story.html
Article courtesy of Boston.com by Nigel Duara/Associated Press
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